A Czech drug dealer and failed asylum seeker who defiantly 'sneaked' back into Britain just months after he was deported has now been jailed.

Patrik Durac, 27, has a lengthy criminal record in the UK, serving prison sentences for affray and supplying heroin.

He has also been repeatedly deported and previously boasted in photos on social media about returning to Britain while wearing designer clothing, including a £1,500 Moncler jacket. 

Having exhausted all his appeals, the jobless convict was removed from Britain before trying to return through a notorious 'back door' for migrants - by catching a ferry from Ireland to the Welsh port of Holyhead.

On Friday, Durac was locked up for 12 months and told he would be removed once more from the UK, after he admitted breaching his deportation order last month.

Durac, who had lived in Stoke-on-Trent, appeared via video link from Berwyn Prison in Wrexham, before Caernarfon Crown Court.

Prosecutor Amy Edwards said his first asylum application was made by his father in 2002 and it had been refused.

But the decision had been appealed on 'numerous' occasions until 2022 when the defendant became 'appeal rights exhausted.'

Patrik Durac, 27, who defiantly 'sneaked' back into Britain just months after he was deported has now been jailed

Durac, pictured, has a lengthy criminal record in the UK, serving prison sentences for affray and supplying heroin

Durac, who had a string of convictions involving violence and drugs, had been jailed for eight months and deported for having a false identity document. 

Last April he was removed from the UK.

Recorder Simon Hughes said on December 6 fingerprint checks by Border Force had confirmed a passenger travelling as Martin Rafael was in fact Durac. He had changed his name by deed poll.

Durac had a history of asylum claims. 'There's an element of persistence in your attempts to enter the UK,' the judge told him. 'There's no reasonable alternative to custody.'

The judge added: 'Your offending is aggravated by your relevant previous conviction and history of unsuccessful applications including further breach of the deportation order when you have been deported, albeit not prosecuted.'

Defence barrister Simon Rogers said the offence was not particularly sophisticated. 

'The passport upon which the defendant sought entry is a genuine passport. He's changed his name officially in the Czech Republic to Martin Rafael,' counsel said.

On a previous occasion, he had used his brother's passport.

Durac has been repeatedly deported and previously boasted on social media about returning to Britain while wearing designer clothing, including a £1,500 Moncler jacket

Mr Rogers said Durac's family lived in England and he also wanted to get away from people in the Czech Republic who had threatened him.