The lucrative trade in 'designer bulldogs' has been linked to organised crime - and one major drug dealer even managed to continue his business from behind bars, a new documentary has revealed.
Thomas Rayment, from Warrington, was handed a six-year jail sentence in 2021 for leading a gang behind a cocaine and heroin supply racket.
A new BBC Panorama documentary 'Dogs, Dealers and Organised Crime' has exposed the links between organised crime and the trade in bulldog puppies, sometimes bred to create 'exaggerated characteristics'. It alleged Rayment was able to continue the trade even though he was in jail.
