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A drug dealer from the West Midlands has refused to appear in court in Wales - because he can’t understand what anyone says.

Dwaine Campbell, 25, was arrested in Aberystwyth delivering 51 wraps of heroin.

Campbell, from Wolverhampton, was kept in custody in Wales for seven days before being transferred to a prison near his home.

Refused to leave prison cell

Campbell was due to be sentenced by Judge Peter Heywood at Swansea Crown Court but refused to leave his prison cell.

His barrister, Janet Gedrych, said he complained that he couldn’t understand what anyone in Aberystwyth said and they struggled to understand his accent.

“He is worried that if he is sentenced here he will end up in a jail in Wales and have the same difficulties,” she said.

Charge admitted

Judge Heywood, who was a student at Aberystwyth University, said he would sentence Campbell via a video link “so he can stay in the west Midlands.”

Campbell has admitted possessing heroin with intent to supply.

Campbell, of Leicester Street, Whitemore Reans, will be sentenced next month.