A woman has been given a community service order and must pay penalties of almost £3,000 after breeding dogs illegally. Edith Nixon of Monkton Close, Stanhope, Ashford, pleaded guilty to the offences when she appeared before magistrates in Folkestone. The case was brought by Ashford Borough Council (ABC) under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. After receiving a complaint from a purchaser of one of Nixon’s dogs, the council’s licensing team investigated and found she had been responsible for breeding at least 10 litters of Pomeranian pups between 2020 and 2022 – without holding an animal activity li…