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Sunday World
01-07-2025
- Sunday World
Cocaine dealer walks free from court after claiming he only sold to mates
"Nobody can believe the judge seems to have fallen for his nonsense … He'll be celebrating big time' This is the drug dealing pal of ear-biting serial thug Martin Valliday who was convicted this week of supplying cocaine. Ryan Samuel Prenter – who's known as Smurf – pleaded guilty at Antrim Magistrates Court to having cocaine with intent to supply. Pictured here for the first time, Prenter told the court he was only selling the highly addictive drug to his friends but sources in Antrim say he's an associate of Martin Valliday. Valliday is a notorious criminal who has tortured the town of Antrim where he lives for years and was once jailed for committing GBH and robbery on a man who had contacted him to buy ecstasy tablets from him but ended up nearly having his ear bitten off. This week Prenter, of Mull Road in Antrim, was allowed to walk free from court after a judge gave a one-year probation order and told him he must serve 75 hours' community service. Court News NI reported how Prenter was caught when cops searched a vehicle in Antrim town earlier this year and found seven grammes of cocaine. They also located cash, scales, a mobile phone and ten zip bags in the vehicle near the Junction shopping complex around 4.45pm on March 9. The court heard he had a previous record but not for drugs. A prosecutor said the defendant told police he 'gets cocaine in bulk and then splits it between him and his friends and they provide him money for this'. A defence barrister said there was a 'significant gap in offending'. Ryan 'Smurf' Prenter Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 1st District Judge Nigel Broderick said: 'Normally anyone who pleads guilty to possessing drugs with intent to supply can readily expect to receive an immediate custodial sentence'. The light sentence came in the week a County Armagh father went public to call for automatic custodial sentences for those convicted of dealing cocaine after his son took his own life after he became addicted to the drug. Tom McGrath's 22-year-old son Matthew had been using cocaine for several years when he was found dead in the garage of his mother's home in February 2024. Speaking to the BBC, Mr McGrath said he is particularly concerned that many people who deal drugs do not end up serving jail time. A source in Antrim said: 'He's been a low-level drug dealer for years and works with Martin Valliday and his gang of thugs. "Nobody can believe the police and judge seem to have fallen for his nonsense he only sells gear to his friends. 'He'll be celebrating big time that he has pretty much got away with dealing cocaine.' Ryan 'Smurf' Prenter This time last year we reported how Martin Valliday had been put back behind bars for kicking a PSNI vehicle and telling cops it was 'payback for George Floyd'. Valliday was arrested after he had launched what a judge described as a 'terrifying' attack on the home of a woman with a crossbow and a hatchet in December 2023. When he was arrested he went berserk, and when interviewed he bizarrely claimed he was taking revenge for the murder of George Floyd – despite that having nothing to do with the PSNI. In February 2020 Valliday was jailed for three-and-a-half years for a shocking attack which left a man with permanent injuries in what was described in court as a 'drug deal gone wrong'. The victim had told the police he had contacted Valliday through Messenger, wanting to buy ecstasy. The man said he was hit on the back of the head with a beer bottle while Valliday tried to bite his ear off, even shouting 'I have nearly got it'.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Longhorns women's basketball adds guard from Ireland
In their search for backcourt reinforcements, Texas women's basketball has gone international. The Longhorns announced on Monday that they had signed guard Grace Prenter. The Dublin native has played with the Irish National Senior Team. During the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket Division B competition, Prenter was a scoring machine. The newest Longhorn averaged 16.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. That was not the only time that Prenter shined on the national stage. She averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game at the 2024 FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket Division B event. Advertisement One thing that has stood out about Prenter is her ability to make an impact regardless of the opponent. She has also shown that she can stretch the floor, which is something Texas coach Vic Schaefer is excited to see in a Longhorns uniform. "Grace will be someone who can really stretch the floor and shoot the ball from deep range," Texas coach Vic Schaefer said in a statement. " She's very competitive and, from that standpoint, fits in well with our current team and roster. She comes from a wonderful family and we appreciate their trust and confidence in allowing their daughter to come across the pond to play for this staff with this team. She will be a great teammate and bring a competitive spirit to our team." Prenter is joining a roster that looks very different than a year ago. The new faces will include five-star recruit Aaliyah Crump. They will be joined by transfers Breya Cunningham, Ashton Judd, Teya Sidberry, and Lovisa Brink Hose. That group hopes to bring a championship to Texas. Advertisement Last season, the Longhorns season ended with a loss in the final four. With a deeper roster and Prenter in the mix, Texas is in a good position to advance further in the NCAA tournament next year. This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas women's basketball adds guard Grace Prenter from Ireland
USA Today
10-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Longhorns women's basketball adds guard from Ireland
Longhorns women's basketball adds guard from Ireland In their search for backcourt reinforcements, Texas women's basketball has gone international. The Longhorns announced on Monday that they had signed guard Grace Prenter. The Dublin native has played with the Irish National Senior Team. During the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket Division B competition, Prenter was a scoring machine. The newest Longhorn averaged 16.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. That was not the only time that Prenter shined on the national stage. She averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game at the 2024 FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket Division B event. One thing that has stood out about Prenter is her ability to make an impact regardless of the opponent. She has also shown that she can stretch the floor, which is something Texas coach Vic Schaefer is excited to see in a Longhorns uniform. "Grace will be someone who can really stretch the floor and shoot the ball from deep range," Texas coach Vic Schaefer said in a statement. " She's very competitive and, from that standpoint, fits in well with our current team and roster. She comes from a wonderful family and we appreciate their trust and confidence in allowing their daughter to come across the pond to play for this staff with this team. She will be a great teammate and bring a competitive spirit to our team." Prenter is joining a roster that looks very different than a year ago. The new faces will include five-star recruit Aaliyah Crump. They will be joined by transfers Breya Cunningham, Ashton Judd, Teya Sidberry, and Lovisa Brink Hose. That group hopes to bring a championship to Texas. Last season, the Longhorns season ended with a loss in the final four. With a deeper roster and Prenter in the mix, Texas is in a good position to advance further in the NCAA tournament next year.
Sunday World
06-05-2025
- Sunday World
Man fined after his four unmuzzled lurcher dogs mauled cat to death
The court heard that while 'two or three of the dogs were pulling at the cat,' a good Samaritan intervened and managed to take the stricken animal from them Darren Prenter failed to attend Belfast Magistrates Court today as a prosecuting lawyer outlined how his pack of four lurchers attacked a cat in an entry between the Alliance Road and Ballysillan Playing Fields on September 9, last year. District Judge George Conner proceeded to hear the case in the defendant's absence after hearing that the 28-year-old had been written to on multiple occasions. The court heard that while 'two or three of the dogs were pulling at the cat,' a good Samaritan intervened and managed to take the stricken animal from them. However, the prosecutor said 'the cat passed away in this person's arms a short time later.' Prenter, from Velsheda Court, was interviewed under caution about the incident and admitted he had been walking his four lurcher-type dogs without a muzzle but said he 'did not know' it was against the law. The lawyer explained to Judge Conner that under section one of the Control of Greyhounds Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, it is an offence to walk more than two greyhounds or lurchers without them being muzzled. Darren Prenter Prenter was convicted on each of the six offences including: • Having four lurcher-type dogs which 'attacked and fatally injured another animal' at an entry between Alliance Road and Ballysillan Playing Fields; • Being in charge of more than two lurcher-type dogs at Alliance Road/Ballysillan Playing Fields and; • Being in charge of four lurcher-type dogs which were off-lead and not muzzled at Alliance Road/Ballysillan Fields. In total, Judge Conner imposed fines amounting to £1,000 as well as a £25 offender levy. Prenter was also ordered to pay £144 costs. This is not the first time that Prenter has been charged with having dogs which attacked another animal. At the time his lurchers set upon the cat, Prenter was subject to a two-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, after he admitted aggravated trespass on Glenwherry Moor. In December 2023, Ballymena Magistrates Court heard how the moor's gamekeeper alerted the police to suspected hare coursing and shortly after police arrived, Prenter and two other men, Patrick Robert Shannon (52) and Patrick McGourty (29) came walking across fields with 'three lurcher dogs and a springer spaniel.' 'Police spoke to them and they said they had been out walking their dogs,' said the lawyer, adding that a search of the car revealed two dead hares behind the passenger seat. The trio were given a formal police caution and claimed they were 'looking for rabbits and foxes…and that the hares were found by the roadside.' Darren Prenter The News in 90 Seconds - Tuesday, 6th of May The court heard, however, that it was likely the two dead hares had been coursed as 'there were puncture wounds' but the defence argued there was no evidence they had been killed on Glenwherry Moor. Shannon, from Annesley Street, McGourty who is from Cranbrook Court, and Prenter each admitted aggravated trespass on Glenwherry Moor and all three were handed suspended prison sentences. In passing the sentence, Judge Martina Connolly KC described hare coursing as 'disgusting and despicable.' She warned that hare coursing is essentially a 'day out of planned cruelty' and is 'a blight, literally, on the landscape as it involves horrific cruelty on animals…cruelty of any animal is something that the courts will not tolerate.'
