A MAN from Anglesey repeatedly harassed his former partner after their relationship ended.
Dewi Roberts and Rebecca Lyndsey Ryan had been friends for more than 20 years, and were a couple from October 2023 to March 2025.
Roberts, 44, of Glan Y Mor, Ty Croes, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for a year, at Caernarfon Crown Court on Thursday (May 28).
He had previously admitted threatening to damage property, and putting someone in fear of violence through harassment.
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Prosecutor Dafydd Roberts said in April 2025, shortly after the relationship ended, the defendant telephoned Ms Ryan and threatened to “petrol-bomb her house and smash her windows”.
His behaviour towards Ms Ryan, between April and August 2025, was described as “love-bombing”.
He repeatedly called Ms Ryan, and left her “unwanted” voicemail messages.
Further calls to Ms Ryan involved Roberts saying: “It’s me, I miss you… it’s Dewi, you need to listen to what I have to say… I miss you.”
Roberts was arrested, but then breached his bail conditions by continuing to contact Ms Ryan after this.
One of the subsequent text messages to her read: “I miss you like mad… its cruel… I can’t do this without you xxx”.
He added to her: “I don’t care about f****** bail conditions… true love never dies, just remember that.”
Reading her victim impact statement aloud in court, Ms Ryan said: “I did not expect to become frightened of someone who had been in my life for so long.
“The harassment was relentless and destabilising. His controlling and coercive behaviour affected my attendance and reliability at work.”
Ms Ryan has since lost her job at RAF Valley, she added.
She said: “Even now, I am still living with the consequences. I am doing everything I can to move forward, rebuild stability and reclaim our lives.
“What happened was real. It was wrong, and it should never have happened.”
Representing Roberts, Simon Rogers said he had no previous convictions, cautions or reprimands, and labelled his behaviour “entirely out of character”.
Mr Rogers said Roberts, a father, has shown an “acceptance of full responsibility,” as well as “genuine remorse”.
He lost his job as a result of his offending, and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after being stabbed in 2020, Mr Rogers added.
Sentencing, Judge Nicola Jones asked a member of the public gallery to leave the courtroom during the hearing for shaking her head.
She said: “I’m not having anybody shaking their head when we’re talking about such dreadful situations. It detracts from what’s happened to Ms Ryan.”
Judge Jones told Roberts he exhibited “pathetic pleading behaviour,” adding: “You spiralled entirely out of control.”
A five-year domestic abuse protection order was made to safeguard Ms Ryan.
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