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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alice Clifford

Police officer sold dying kitten to autistic child for huge profits

RSPCA / SWNS

A disgraced police officer and her boyfriend have been jailed for selling sick and dying kittens in a twisted £280,000 scam.

Former British Transport Police officer Amy Byrne, 30, and her partner Harry Angell, 31, bought and bred kittens to sell from just £50 to in excess of £1,500.

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