STALKER THREATENED TO 'TERRORISE' EX EVERY NIGHT
Ethan Jordan, a 21-year-old, caused his former partner to lose her position at a nursery after accessing her email account and sending a message to her employer.In the message, he referred to the children attending the nursery as 'mongs' and 'rough,' leading to her embarrassment and her decision to leave the job.
Additionally, Jordan subjected his victim to numerous messages and phone calls and showed up uninvited at her home despite being on bail with a strict condition to avoid her.
He even threatened to visit her home nightly to intimidate her.
Jordan, who had been detained on remand for ten months, was sentenced to 27 months and 12 weeks at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
The judge activated part of a previously suspended sentence.
A three-year restraining order was also issued, requiring him to stay away from his victim and her street.
Prosecutor Jillian Newton explained that Jordan was taken into custody on June 26 last year after the woman provided a witness statement.
Although he was released on bail with a no-contact condition, he immediately broke this rule by messaging her on Snapchat to request the return of some property.
Miss Newton said: "On June 28 he started to send emails to her including, 'I am coming to find you babe, stop ignoring me, I want to speak to you'.
He repeatedly said her name and that she was going to lose her job.
It became apparent he had got into her emails and sent an email to her workplace, which said, 'All the kids that go to the nursery are mongs and you can tell it is a rough area as all the kids are rough'.
She was mortified by this.
She left that job as she could not face going back because of the embarrassment." Jordan continued to contact his victim on social media.
She rang 101.
She eventually spoke to him on the phone because of threats he made to ruin her life.
On July 14 the defendant sent unwanted messages and calls and messaged her on Instagram.
He attended her home at 6.30am on July 17.
Miss Newton said: "She told him to leave her alone.
He said he was going to kill himself.
He remained there for 10 minutes and she called the police.
He climbed over a gate into her garden.
He had a bottle of vodka and two packets of tablets with him.
He started to bang his head against the wall.
She called him a taxi.
He said, 'I am not going.
I am going to come here every night and terrorise you'.
He threw a bottle of coke at her car.
The police arrived.
He ran away." In a victim impact statement the woman said: "His behaviour led me to lose my job at a nursery.
I had been there for four months and I had to find a new job.
I was frightened of him, especially towards the end of the relationship.
His threats were becoming increasingly worse.
I am scared, if he is not dealt with, I will come to some serious harm.
I would not put anything past him.
I genuinely believed he would hurt me.
I consider this relationship is well and truly over.
He has turned into a person I am extremely fearful of." Jordan, of Whitley Road, Ball Green, pleaded guilty to stalking involving serious alarm or distress between June 26, 2025 and July 17, 2025 and breaching a 20-week suspended jail sentence for harassment and criminal damage.
Salek Ahmed, mitigating, said Jordan wanted to apologise for his behaviour.
Mr Ahmed said: "He has spent 10 months in custody and has had a significant amount of time to reflect on his actions.
He recognises the significant impact it has had on her.
They were together for more than two years and he struggled to deal with the breakdown of that relationship.
He is remorseful.
He is motivated to turn his life around and motivated to work in the construction industry." Judge Graeme Smith sentenced Jordan to 27 months for the stalking offence and activated 12 weeks of the suspended sentence.
Judge Smith said: "Your conduct was appalling and totally unacceptable.
You have previous convictions for harassment.
You attended at her address on numerous occasions.
You sent her a large number of messages, including threats to ruin her life.
You made contact with her employers, which due to her embarrassment, led to her losing her job.
She is still fearful and anxious.
It has had a significant impact on her quality of life.
You were subject to a suspended sentence and to bail."
