Peter Trompa pleaded guilty to the charges against him in May last year, but has still not been handed a sentence due to issues with travelling to Tamworth for court from his home in Victoria.

Trompa had been ordered to appear in court in person so lawyers could discuss his offences, but Legal Aid solicitor Wendy McAuliffe told the court that wouldn't be happening this time round.

"It's proved tricky," she said.

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"We have done our best to try and resolve the issues Mr Trompa had in relation to coming to Tamworth."

Trompa was granted bail to live in Victoria after his 2019 arrest, and faced strict travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

The court heard in February that he had been unable to get to Tamworth for his court date - despite borders being open - because he was in self-isolation.

Ms McAuliffe asked the court if Trompa could appear via video link from the Albury courthouse for his sentencing in Tamworth Local Court.

Magistrate Julie Soars said that would be a "cumbersome" solution and logistically challenging for staff, and instead offered to adjourn Trompa's sentencing to Albury for another magistrate to deal with.

After speaking with the Albury court - which is the closest NSW court to the Victorian border - she said the "better course" of action would be for Trompa to go before a magistrate at Albury and have his lawyers appear via video link.

"He wants to be sentenced in a court closer to where he lives," Ms Soars said.

The prosecutor for the DPP and Ms McAuliffe agreed and the matters were adjourned to Albury Local Court later this month.

Mr Trompa was arrested in 2019 as part of Strike Force Radius and pleaded guilty last year to the charges of conspiring to supply firearm to a person unauthorised to possess it; and supplying more than an indictable amount of prohibited drug.

The case has continually been adjourned for sentencing since.

Trompa - who lived in Tamworth until his 2019 arrest - was bailed to live in Victoria after spending months in custody.

It has been the police case he was part of the drug supply network, dubbed the 'ice castle', which was being run from a Petra Avenue housing commission unit in South Tamworth.

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