A Douglas man has been jailed for four years and two months after supplying ecstasy to a 16-year-old girl currently in care.

Mateus Adam Wlochynski, aged 22, of Allan Street, also pleaded guilty to offences of witness intimidation and burglary at the Court of General Gaol Delivery on Friday.

In all, Wlochynski pleaded guilty to five offences of supplying a class A drug to a juvenile, intimidating a witness, possession of a class B drug, being concerned in the supply of a class A drug, and burglary.

Wlochynski also discussed exchanging drugs for sexual favours with the girl on Facebook but this didn’t take place.

Prosecutor James Robinson told the court how, on July 1, a search warrant was executed at Wlochynski’s home.

A mobile phone was found, which was found to contain a large number of text messages relating to the supply of drugs.

Incriminating messages during May and June included, ’I might get some speed but it’s not the best’, ’I can get pills’, ’I will have to sell some of them pills to get that 20 for you’, ’going out to get sniff now’, and ’I’m getting pills tonight’.

In a basis of plea Wlochynski said that many of the deals did not happen but admitted 32 pills had been offered in various texts of which 10 had been actually supplied.

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During a second search at Wlochynski’s home police found another phone along with scales and snap bags. Police found Facebook messages relating to the supply of drugs.

Messages involved Wlochynksi and the 16-year-old girl discussing the prospect of exchanging drugs for oral sex.

After his arrest the teenager, who cannot be named, said that Wlochynski had texted her saying: ’Meet me tomorrow. You or your friend snitched on me.’

Wlochynski was subsequently charged with witness intimidation.

Another search of Wlochynski’s property uncovered cannabis weighing 2.8 grams with a street value of £14.82 was found.

In a basis of plea to the intimidation charge Wlochynski said he had not intended harm towards the teenager.

He admitted he had sold her one ecstasy tablet and claimed she had offered him oral sex during their Facebook discussions, but when the deal had taken place, they had just decided that she would just pay him cash at another time.

While police were holding Wlochynski they also discovered that his fingerprints matched those found at the scene of a burglary in 2013 at Reginald Mews in Douglas.

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A total of £60 and 28 diazepam tablets had been taken from the house.

Wlochynski initially pleaded not guilty in November to the burglary but then changed his plea in February.

His advocate Stephen Wood said: ’My client got involved in a lifestyle of selling to buy and partying. It was almost a hedonistic existence. The nature of the Facebook conversations is regrettable. We don’t know how it started but it was spoken about.

’I’m not trying to call into question her integrity but it’s our submission he shouldn’t be sentenced on the basis he’s corrupted her. He has to be sentenced for supplying a young female with dangerous drugs and he does take responsibility for that.

’He’s accepted he intended to intimidate the witness with the message.’

Deemster Alastair Montgomerie said while passing sentence: ’Clearly a serious aggravating factor is you supplied a class A drug to a female juvenile, aged only 16, and residing in care. She was extremely vulnerable.

’There was a five- to six-year age gap between you which is considerable.’

A social enquiry report rated Wlochynski as a moderate to high risk of reoffending and of harm to the general public

Deemster Montgomerie added: ’I note that your family relocated to the island from Poland for a better life. I’m not sure your parents had in mind you burgling a house or you selling class A drugs, including to a 16-year-old in care.

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’You’re going to have to pay the price for your actions today. However you will get the benefit of assistance in prison and on release. That will give you opportunity to prove you can become a valued member of the community. But as I always say, it’s not up to me, or your advocate, or your family, it’s up to you. If you don’t, I’ll still be here and ready to deal with you accordingly.’