A man serving prison time after embarking on a series of crimes in a single day has been sentenced for another 19 offences.

The Leader reported in January how Ryan Moore, formerly of New Hall Road in Ruabon, was jailed for a total of three years.

It reflected his admission to a raft of offences, including: making threats with a blade, burglary, aggravated vehicle taking, driving whilst disqualified, possession of a class B drug, possession of a weapon and criminal damage - all of which happened in Wrexham over the course of a single day.

But 32-year-old Moore, who gave his address as HMP Berwyn, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon to be sentenced for a further 19 offences.

They were:

  • Theft from a motor vehicle
  • Driving without due care and attention
  • Using a motor vehicle without insurance x3
  • Failing to stop when required to by police
  • Drink-driving
  • Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence x2
  • Criminal damage
  • Making off without payment x2
  • Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour 
  • Obstructing/resisting police
  • Driving whilst disqualified
  • Failing to surrender to police/court bail
  • Theft from shop x3

All of the above took place in mid-2023, Prosecutor Justin Espie told the magistrates.

He outlined the facts in respect of some of the more serious matters, including how on May 31, officers tried to stop the defendant's vehicle - and he continued to try and drive off despite having been stopped with a stinger.

Officers had to ram the side of his vehicle to eventually stop it and when he was breath tested, Moore was twice the legal alcohol limit.

Stephen Edwards, defending, said that when the Crown Court Judge imposed Moore's jail sentence in January, he was aware of "each and every" one of the 19 offences above and "was clearly of the view that this spate of offending should properly carry a consequence by way of a three-year sentence."

The Leader: Ryan Moore (NWP)Ryan Moore (NWP) (Image: North Wales Police)Given his client's overarching three year custodial term, he referred to the sentencing of his lesser outstanding crimes "something of a tidying up exercise" for the magistrates.

Mr Edwards said eight of the offences his client was to be sentenced for were 'dishonesty' related - including not paying for a taxi fare and not paying for petrol.

The criminal damage, he added, related to an incident where he damaged a window at the Welch Fusiliers pub and then became abusive with police who came to arrest him.

The Leader:

Mr Edwards explained Moore has a number of mental health issues, including paranoia, OCD and ADHD, as well as substance abuse problems.

Addressing the magistrates, he said: "I invite you to give relatively short custodial sentences to run concurrent with his existing sentence.

"That is the reality of how the [Crown Court] Judge approached it."

Magistrates did impose a series of short custodial sentences for the offences - to run concurrent to each other and the defendant's ongoing sentence.

The longest of those was 16 weeks, for theft from a motor vehicle.

No costs or compensation were imposed due to Moore's limited means and ongoing incarceration.