Brandon Woolveridge threatened to shoot one man's dog and humiliated another owner.
A blackmailer who "humiliated" his victims and threatened to kill their missing pets has been jailed.
Officers launched Operation Façade and arrested Woolveridge after analysis of phone evidence linked him to the cases.
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