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Thugs who ran a deadly dog fighting ring from their GARAGE where they let the animals rip each other apart in bloody fights have been jailed.
Phillip Ali - who styled himself as 'Dr Death' - trained up the animals for fighting and injected them with steriods from the home of couple Billy and Amy Leadley. The three, along with Ali's accomplice Stephen Brown, appeared in court on Monday for animal cruelty charges.
The couple had claimed the garage was being used for a birthing pit, but blood spatters revealed its macabre use as a dog fighting arena. The gang then sent out reports following each deadly fight, one of which bragged about a dog biting another "in the throat" and "shaking hard". Fitness coach Billy Leadley refereed the underground fights from his home.
RSPCA vets who later inspected the disgusting set-up in Essex said the dogs were kept in "filthy" conditions and were found covered in scars. Jurors at Chelmsford crown court sat through horrifying details in their trial, ultimately finding them guilty of a string of animal cruelty charges.
Now Ali, 67, has been jailed for five years. Billy Leadley, 38, received four years in prison while Brown, 57 was sent behind bars for three years and six months. Amy Leadley, 39, was handed a community order including 200 hours unpaid work and a rehabilitation programme. All four were disqualified from keeping dogs for 10 years, the Mirror reports.
Ex-convict Ali, who previously served 10 years for the attempted murder of Richard Cabby in 2005, embarked on the sick world of dog fighting after his release. Ali led the UK arm of the gang which operated across Essex and would travel to Ireland and France for fights.
One picture shows Ali with accomplice Stephen Brown enjoying a
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Britain's Got Talent is one of ITV's most talked about shows, but it's not just the unique acts which get viewers talking. Over the years, judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon have become a big point of discussion - mainly thanks to their incredible outfits on the talent show.
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