MAN WHO HARASSED AND ASSAULTED EX-PARTNER HAS BEEN JAILED
Ryan Bradley, 25, of Penrhyn, Holywell, appeared at Mold Crown Court on 20 August, where he was sentenced for stalking and assault by beating.Prosecutor Ryan Rothwell told the court that Bradley had been in a relationship which ended in December 2018.
While contact initially continued, things deteriorated in April last year when he refused to accept that his ex-partner, Zoe Jones, did not want to reconcile.
Between April and June 2024, Bradley contacted Miss Jones more than 2,400 times.
The court heard that on 11 April, while Miss Jones was driving home from work, she began receiving phone calls.
Upon answering, Bradley reportedly said he would “find her and kill her”.
When she arrived home, she discovered Bradley waiting outside.
He appeared intoxicated.
When asked why he was there, he replied: “I told you I’d find you, I will make your life hell.” Mr Rothwell stated that Bradley reached into her car, placed his hands around her throat and spat in her face—behaviour that made her feel “degraded and disgusted”.
On 21 April, around 8pm, Miss Jones was alone at home when Bradley arrived uninvited and inebriated.
Fearing she would disturb neighbours, she let him in.
Once inside, Bradley took her phone to prevent her from calling for help and began antagonising her.
He urinated into a bottle to stop her from leaving the room.
Eventually, a neighbour knocked on the door after hearing screams.
Bradley attempted to talk his way out of the situation but ultimately left.
On 11 May, he turned up at her home again after seeing her at a pub.
On 23 May, he intercepted her while she was out running, telling her he “would not stop”.
The harassment continued with a stream of abusive messages.
Bradley also threatened to end his own life if Miss Jones did not take him back.
On 26 May, he returned to her property and punched the door so forcefully it smashed open.
He then began throwing eggs while laughing manically.
That same night, he made 115 phone calls.
He told her that if he killed himself, it would be her fault, and asked if she “wanted him to kill himself like her grandfather did”.
Bradley was arrested on 2 June but answered “no comment” during police interview and was released on bail.
Despite this, the abuse continued.
Mr Rothwell told the court that Bradley sent messages including: “We are going to kill each other” and “I’m going to ******g ruin you and your family.” On another occasion, he saw Miss Jones out at night, poured beer over her and threw coins at her.
Bradley was arrested a second time on 13 July, again answering “no comment”.
In a victim personal statement, read aloud by Miss Jones in court, she said she wanted Bradley to “hear in her own words” the impact his actions had on her.
She said: “I never wanted to go down this path.
I honestly tried every way to reason with you, but you wouldn’t listen.
It breaks my heart.
“I’m sorry it has come to this.” Miss Jones said she did not “want anything bad to happen” and hoped Bradley would realise “how serious this matter has become”.
She added: “I know you have a good heart.
I want to let you know that I forgive you.
I only want what’s best for you.” The court was told Bradley had no prior convictions and had been in continuous employment since 2014.
Defence counsel Alun Williams said his client was a “valued member” of Greenfield Football Club.
References from a school governor, family, and friends “clearly paint a very different picture”.
Mr Williams said Bradley was not typically someone who acted in an antisocial manner and had little relationship experience.
He said Bradley “clearly accepts” what he had done and “hopes to put this unfortunate episode behind him”.
Judge, Mr Recorder John Phillpotts, stated that following the breakdown of the relationship, Bradley “would not leave it at that”.
The court noted more than 2,000 calls were made.
In one incident, Miss Jones was “effectively imprisoned in her own home”.
The judge said Bradley was “so determined to prevent her from leaving” that he urinated in a bottle to maintain surveillance.
Mr Phillpotts added that in another instance, Bradley had threatened to kill her, grabbed her throat, bit her ear, and spat at her.
When she eventually retaliated, it was only after enduring prolonged abuse.
He emphasised the gravity of the case, saying the extended campaign was “clearly calculated to cause harm mentally”.
Bradley was sentenced to 10 months in custody for one harassment offence, reduced to nine months.
For the second harassment charge and the common assault, he received six weeks, reduced to one month, to run concurrently.
The total sentence means Bradley will serve 10 months in prison.
A restraining order was also issued, prohibiting any contact with Miss Jones.
