A ROMANIAN national who was deported from the UK 10 years ago was found to have changed his name on his identification when he arrived at Holyhead Port last month.

Costica Dulai was jailed for eight months at Mold Crown Court today (November 22), and was told he will be deported after he has served his prison sentence.

Dulai, 36, had previously admitted knowingly entering the UK in breach of a deportation order.

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Prosecutor Richard Edwards said that, on October 26, Dulai entered Holyhead Port, having travelled from Dublin.

This was a breach of Dulai’s deportation order, so he was arrested, and asked why he had changed his name.

He said he changed it to take his wife’s name, not to avoid detection, and that he had intended to stay in the UK for three to four days to visit his daughter.

Dulai said he was aware of the deportation order, but had never seen it in writing.

During the period from September 2004 to August 2022, Dulai, under a different surname, had applied for settlement status in the UK.

He made applications for asylum, for leave to remain as a visitor, and under the European Settlement Scheme, but all were unsuccessful.

Dulai committed a number of offences in the UK between November 2006 and October 2013, and on May 8, 2014, he was issued with the deportation order.

He was deported to Romania on May 21, 2014, but has since been arrested in the UK on numerous occasions for breaching the order.

Defending Dulai, who had 17 previous convictions for 24 offences, Dafydd Roberts said he intended to enter the UK to visit his family, but that they have since moved back to Romania.

Mr Roberts added: “There is nothing to keep Mr Dulai here, nor is there anything that would cause him to want to return to the UK.

“He is also concerned about the health of his mother, who he tells me is in hospital and unwell in Romania.

“Mr Dulai is under no illusions that he will deported from the UK once he has served the requisite custodial term.”

Sentencing, Judge Nicola Jones told Dulai, regarding the name change on his identification, “it is clear that an inference can be drawn that this was an attempt to avoid being captured by the authorities”.

She added: “These offences undermine the system of immigration control in the UK.”