A Polish drug dealer, previously deported from the UK, has been sentenced to further prison time after using a passport under her married name in a desperate attempt to salvage her marriage.
The 'Back Door' Re-entry Attempt
Karolina Grochowska, a 32-year-old mother, had been jailed for 33 months for possessing cocaine with intent to supply. After being freed early, she was officially deported from Britain in June. However, just a few months later, on November 2, she was stopped at the Holyhead ferry port on Anglesey.
The court heard she was attempting to return to the country by the 'back door', using her married surname of Mroczek on a passport to try and circumvent the deportation order. This case is part of a pattern of recent court hearings in North Wales involving foreign nationals attempting to sneak into Britain illegally from Ireland via the Holyhead port.
A Desperate Bid for Her Marriage
During her sentencing hearing at Caernarfon Crown Court, defence barrister Elen Owen explained the unusual motive behind Grochowska's illegal return. Ms Owen stated that Grochowska's husband of three years lived and worked in London as a forklift driver.
'She has tried to get around the deportation by not fully revealing her previous convictions and coming in knowing she wasn't supposed to,' the barrister said. 'It was a desperate attempt to try and save her marriage. She had pleaded with him to return to Poland to no avail.' Her previous offending had been in Kent, not Wales.
The Legal Consequences
Grochowska admitted to travelling with another person's passport and entering the UK in breach of a deportation order made at the end of June. The court sentenced her to a further six months in prison.
The judge presiding over the case noted that the likelihood was she would face deportation once again following her additional jail term, closing this chapter of her illegal efforts to remain in the United Kingdom.
