She sold two on one day for $1200 each, then a third three days later for $1000. But she cut contact with the buyers as soon as they paid the money, with none of them getting the promised puppy. Watts had 109 prior convictions for fraud, as well as convictions for other dishonesty offending, breaching sentences and orders of the court, and drug charges. Defence lawyer Lisa Grant said community detention and supervision could be a good sentence for Watts, who cared for a school-aged child. While Watts did serve community detention for a fraud offence in 2018, that did not include supervision – formal monitoring by Corrections which could include counselling and treatment for offenders.