A puppy seller imported 'scores' sick border collies from a puppy farm in Ireland before passing them off as a home breed.

Helen Kay Moorey, 55, claimed the puppies were bred from her own two adult border collies and claimed they were vet checked, de-flead and wormed.

She sold the dogs through the alias Helen Costello and her customers were left with puppies who were extremely ill and required urgent medical care.