A DOG fight organiser was jailed for three years after police found a scarred pit bull terrier chained up in his garden and a letter saying it had fought for more than an hour and a half.

The Chorley man with a nationwide reputation in dog-fighting circles. A vet said the dog had been extensively bitten and suffered considerable pain.

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