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<p>There were 11 prosecutions and 2 convictions in 2016, and 2 prosecutions and 0
convictions in 2017 in England and Wales for dog fighting offences.</p><p>This information
was obtained from a manual review of court case files that centrally held data indicated
may be relevant, and as such has not been through the same quality assurance processes
as for routinely published data.</p><p>These figures relate to persons for whom these
offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant
has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest
penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the
offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most
severe.</p>
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