This shocking footage shows sick and dying puppies dumped in buckets at an illegal puppy farm in Stockport. The heartbreaking video has been released by the RSPCA after three puppy dealers were jailed and banned from keeping animals for life today. Peter Jones and Grace Banks - formerly known as Lily Cooper - and Julian King earned up to £35,000 a week by importing and selling sick and dying puppies to heartbroken buyers. The trio used fake names, homes and even set up their own ‘pedigree registration’ company to con buyers who thought they were buying healthy puppies raised in a home environment. Details of the five year investigation - the biggest in RSPCA history - have been revealed after Jones, 32, Banks, 28, both of Reed Street, Gorton, Manchester, and King, 30, of The Links, Hyde, were sentenced at Manchester Magistrates’ Court today. Footage taken by undercover RSPCA officers shows puppies being delivered from Ireland to ‘holding’ kennels at the rear of a house in Marple Road in Stockport, seconds before police and RSPCA inspectors swooped on the defendants.

The bodies of four dead Yorkshire terrier puppies were found at the property - one in a wheelie bin outside, two in a plastic bucket in the footwell of a car parked on the driveway and one in the utility room, which was still in the same pen as a live puppy. In total inspectors discovered 87 live puppies, including Yorkshire terriers, huskies, West Highland terriers, pomeranians, Labradors, beagles, shih tzus, French bulldogs, cockapoos and more. The average advertised price for these puppies at the time was approximately £600 each. RSPCA chief inspector Ian Briggs, speaking after the sentencing, said: “They left a trail of broken hearted people in their wake. People who handed over their money in good faith for what they had been told would be a happy and healthy new member of the family. “Instead, what many were left with was a huge vet bill and the devastation of seeing a much loved pet go through the agony of disease and sickness. "This case has lifted the lid on the levels of deceit these people will go to in order to make money without any consideration for the sickness and suffering of the puppies they were selling.”

King was jailed for six months, while Jones and Banks will serve five months in custody. Both Jones and King breached their 10-year bans on keeping dogs after previously being successfully prosecuted by the RSPCA for animal cruelty offences. King must pay £2,500 costs, Jones will pay £2,100 and Banks must pay £4,500. All three have now been banned from keeping any animal for life.Lilly is affectionate lab very good watch dog, not house broke. Has had a few litters. Grace Banks, 29, was 'thoroughly dishonest' when she advertised the puppies - which were riddled with contagious diseases - using fake images from GoogleA designer-clad escort with 'pouty lips' was caught running a disease-ridden puppy farm after a dead dog was discovered in the boot of her white Mercedes.Grace Banks, 29, was 'thoroughly dishonest' when she advertised the puppies - which were riddled with contagious diseases - using fake images from Google.She then sold the pets for up to £600 and her buyers all described her as having 'HD brows, long black hair and pouty lips'. 

The 'cruel' and 'callous' fraudster, now of Manchester, also worked as escort and faces jail after being convicted of animal cruelty following a trial.A court heard Banks imported and sold the severely ill puppies to unsuspecting families - some of whom contracted diseases from their new pets.Hot Tub Motels NjOne of her victims, Lorna Melia, bought a Cavachon puppy, but it was female not male as advertised - and had fleas and worms.Mobile Homes For Sale Near Penn Yan NyShe was eventually rumbled when the RSPCA raided her £850-a-month then-home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in April last year.Puppies For Adoption College StationInspectors then discovered a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy that had died of parvovirus - which would have caused the animal two days of agony - in the boot of her white Mercedes Coupe.The animals in her puppy farm were kept in pens while she advertised them for sale on website Pets4Homes, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard. 

The court was told she used numerous mobile phones and her email address matched one she used to advertise her services as an escort. She was described as having 'HD brows', which is a seven-step eyebrow shaping treatment that uses a combination of techniques including tinting, waxing and threading.And the court heard she routinely told buyers they could not meet the puppies' mothers because they were separated for 'weaning'. A puppy was found dead in the boot of her white Mercedes (pictured) and Banks has now been convicted of animal cruelty A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy was found dead in the boot of her white Mercedes (pictured) when inspectors from the RSPCA raided her home at the time in Oldham, Greater Manchester Instead, she would show them a fake picture of a puppy in a pink heart frame.Banks, who was also known as Leah Rogers and Lilly Cooper, used two addresses in Oldham to sell the puppies. Banks then sold the pets for up to £600 and her buyers all described her as having 'HD brows, long black hair and pouty lips'Brazenly, she had been selling the dogs while on bail awaiting trial for running a puppy farm with her brother Julian King. 

That case was the biggest of its kind ever prosecuted by the RSPCA as it involved thousands of puppies.Banks was jailed for five months last October after pleading guilty on the day of the trial - and was released in time to stand trial again.This time, she blamed a friend, who just happened to match her description and also drive a white Mercedes. Finding Banks guilty at Manchester Magistrates' Court, judge Nicholas Sanders described her as a 'completely unconvincing' witness who struggled to remember a 'concocted' story and ruled the she was selling the puppies, with a male accomplice.Mr Sanders said: 'Although I only heard evidence of eight puppies it is clear that she was involved in the selling of many, many more.'Ms Banks is a thoroughly dishonest woman who has inflicted considerable misery on innocent members of the public through her activities with animals. 'She knew that her victims would be unable to resist the purchase of a puppy even though they had misgivings about the arrangements and what they were being told. 

'Her approach to animal welfare was cruel and callous. She has shown no remorse.'He found Banks guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a puppy, not ensuring the needs of nine puppies, keeping a pet shop without a licence and fraud.Warning Banks she faced jail, he adjourned the case to Crown Court so they could impose a sentence longer than six months. The animals in her puppy farm were kept in pens (left and right) while she advertised them for sale on website Pets4Homes, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard  Ian Briggs, chief inspector with RSPCA special operations unit, said: 'Her set up was designed to maximise profits. She lulled buyers into a false sense of security by making people think she was a legitimate breeder. She actually didn't care eat all - her sole driver was to maximise profits. She wanted the dogs in and out as quickly as possible while trying to allay the fears of buyers.'Banks was cleared of one charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a cavachon puppy called Lulu by failing to provide veterinary treatment.