Ruth Dodsworth

ITV weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth has shared a first look clip at terrifying footage in a new documentary on her abusive relationship with her ex-husband ...

In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested. There is help available and you don't have to live in fear.” He would check my phone and even delete contacts from it.

Ruth Dodsworth's husband is due to be released from prison later this year after serving half of his three-year sentence.

‘I had 20 years of domestic abuse and coercive control and my life now is so, so good and I’m so happy. I wake up and I smile and I have a reason to wake up and smile as opposed to waking up crying, which I did for so many years. She says she has upped the security on her home with additional locks on her doors and windows, but added on Good Morning Britain: ‘What I also want to say is, you can do that but you can still have a happy life after.

Coercive and controlling behaviour was only recognised as a crime in England and Wales in December 2015.

And then all of a sudden we're having all these professionals telling us that's not right, and everything we've known is pretty much gone." The offence of coercive and controlling behaviour was only recognised as a crime in England and Wales from December 2015. He would check my phone and even delete contacts from it.

Jonathan Wignall is due to be out of prison later this year but ITV presenter Ruth says she won't let him ruin her new life.

In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested. He was saying it was not harassment, 'she's my wife'. And that was very much the sort of the theme of his behaviour in a sense. She said: “I had no idea that the threats and manipulation my ex-husband used for almost a decade were actually a pattern of criminal behaviour. And I think that that was a pattern of behaviour that developed over the 20 or so years that we were together. He would turn up at my workplace or insist that I leave the studio to eat lunch with him in his car.” After Wignall was sent to prison, Ruth spoke to WalesOnline in an emotional and open interview about the impact his campaign of abuse had on her life and how she was now determined to help others. He had subjected Ruth to a nine-year campaign of abuse. Ruth also shared a text which her ex-partner sent in an attempt to manipulate her children. And that was the last time I saw or heard from him." The programme will show previously unseen police footage of the moment he was arrested after making more than 200 phone calls to his wife, and includes input from her daughter Grace. I've made rather a concerted effort not to look at any pictures, photographs, but there's something about hearing that, hearing the anger in his voice. I never set out for that to happen.

Nightclub owner Jonathan Wignall was sentenced to three years in prison last April after he pleaded guilty to stalking and coercive control. He had subjected ...

"In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested. "He would turn up at my workplace, or insist that I leave the studio to eat lunch with him in his car." She said: "I had no idea that the threats and manipulation my ex-husband used for almost a decade were actually a pattern of criminal behaviour.

Ruth Dodsworth's ex-husband could be released later this year after serving less than half of his sentence.

The offence of coercive and controlling behaviour was only recognised as a crime in England and Wales from December 2015. Since 2015 police forces in England and Wales have had more than 60,000 reports of the crime. In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested. In Controlled By My Partner? The Hidden Abuse, previously unseen police footage will be shown of the moment Ms Dodsworth’s ex-husband was arrested. She said: “I had no idea that the threats and manipulation my ex-husband used for almost a decade were actually a pattern of criminal behaviour. He's the father of my children and here I am effectively sending him to prison."

ITV Wales presenter Ruth Dodsworth has spoken out about the coercive control she endured for almost a decade at the hands of her ex-husband.

He would check my phone and even delete contacts from it. Controlled By My Partner? The Hidden Abuse airs at 8.30pm on Thursday on ITV and on catch-up on ITV Hub. “In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested. “He would call me dozens of times a day, wanting to know where I was and who I was with. She said: “I had no idea that the threats and manipulation my ex-husband used for almost a decade were actually a pattern of criminal behaviour. He had subjected her to a nine-year campaign of abuse which started as the couple moved from Swansea, to Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, and she became the main breadwinner as his nightclub business started to fail.

ITV presenter Ruth Dodsworth was put through a harassment ordeal at the hands of her ex-husband that lasted for nine painfully long years.

And then all of a sudden we’re having all these professionals telling us that’s not right, and everything we’ve known is pretty much gone.” So he tried to manipulate them." He couldn’t manipulate me anymore.

ITV weather presenter Ruth Dobson has shared her experience of living with an abusive partner. The 46-year-old is known for putting a smile on her face as ...

The offence of coercive and controlling behaviour was only recognised as a crime in England and Wales from December 2015. In October 2019, I finally called the police and my then-husband was arrested." I had no idea that the threats and manipulation my ex-husband used for almost a decade were actually a pattern of criminal behaviour."