A WREXHAM drug dealer has had his time behind bars extended after more of his crimes were sentenced.

Samuel Prandle, of Pentre Gwyn in Wrexham, appeared at Mold Crown Court for sentence on Thursday morning.

The 34-year-old, who appeared via video link from HMP Berwyn, had been convicted at a previous hearing of two offences of supplying class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine) as well as two offences of being concerned in the supply of those substances.

Ryan Rothwell, prosecuting, told the court that just before midday on March 16, 2022, plain clothes police officers were patrolling in Wrexham when they spotted the defendant leaving a block of flats on foot.

They observed him approach another male on a bike and sell him drugs for cash.

After being stopped by the police, Prandle was found to have £50 in cash and three wraps of crack cocaine worth £30.

He was arrested and taken to his address in order for it to be searched.

En-route, Prandle confessed to officers that he had "two balls, one of each" - meaning heroin and cocaine.

At the address, officers found a graft phone and 35 wraps of crack cocaine worth £350, as well as 48 wraps of heroin worth £960.

Analysis of the phone revealed he had been supplying drugs for three months prior to his arrest and was "low down the pecking order."

He was the main user of the phone, which he said at one point was "booming."

The Leader: Samuel Prandle (NWP)Samuel Prandle (NWP) (Image: North Wales Police)The reason Prandle appeared from prison is that he was sentenced to three years in January for drug dealing offences which post-dated the ones the court was concerned with on Thursday.

Mr Rothwell conceded there had been an "unacceptable delay" in bringing the matters before the court.

Emma Simoes asked the court to consider what sentence her client would have received if all of his offences had been sentenced together.

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She said: "He accepted to probation that in 2022, pressure was still being put on him to deal these drugs - he was candid and honest.

"Following an incident when he was stabbed in his own home, he started taking substances and accrued a debt he couldn't pay back.

"But considerable pressure was put on him to pay and he ended up where he is now."

Ms Simoes told the court Prandle was keen to be released from custody as soon as possible following a recent downturn in his parents' health.

Judge Niclas Parry told Prandle: "There can be no doubt, you're a prolific supplier of class A drugs.

The Leader:

"You don't want to stop for whatever reason, and you carried on offending after this."

The Judge decided that had all of Prandle's crimes been sentenced at the same time, he'd have received a four year jail term - not three.

As such, he handed down a 12 month custodial sentence to be served consecutively to the defendant's ongoing one.