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Radio WM,5 mins

'It wasn't the dogs, it was the people'

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Duncan Horlor hired Paige Williams for a fee of £1400 to look after their three dogs, two cats and two birds of prey whilst on holiday Only to return to footage showing Paige and her partner - Bradley Archer - dragging, kicking and screaming at the dogs in their care. The couple have now been banned from keeping animals for 7 years And Williams was also sentenced to a 12-month community order with 40 hours of unpaid work, and ordered to pay £750 costs and a £114 victim surcharge.

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