ERNIE JONES – SURREY

Domestic abuser jailed for more than seven years after eight-year campaign of violence and control

A domestic abuser has been jailed for more than seven years after subjecting a woman to years of physical violence, coercive control and stalking in what police described as an eight-year campaign of abuse.

Ernie Jones, 29, of no fixed address, was sentenced to seven years and two months’ imprisonment at Guildford Crown Court after being convicted of two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and stalking involving fear of violence.

The court heard Jones subjected the woman to sustained abuse between January 2017 and June 2025, causing her significant physical and psychological harm.

According to Surrey Police, Jones repeatedly assaulted the victim, punching and kicking her in the face, stamping on her head and threatening her with a knife during the relationship.

After the victim finally reported years of abuse to police in May 2025, Jones was arrested and later released on bail with conditions not to contact her.

However, officers said he repeatedly breached those conditions by continuing to contact the woman, visiting her family home and making threats towards her. His continued unwanted contact ultimately resulted in an additional charge of stalking involving fear of violence.

In a statement released by Surrey Police, the survivor described living under Jones’ control for almost a decade.

“For eight years, I lived under Ernie’s control and abuse. This was not a misunderstanding. It was not a handful of isolated incidents.

“It was a deliberate and repeated pattern of behaviour, choices he made, that slowly and systematically stripped away my independence, my confidence and my sense of who I was.

“This abuse has changed me forever. It has changed my children forever and our lives will never be the same.”

Detective Constable Emily Heath praised the survivor’s courage throughout the investigation.

She said the woman had shown tremendous bravery in reporting the abuse and supporting the case from beginning to end.

The officer added that nobody should ever have to experience abuse within a relationship and said she hoped the sentence would allow the survivor to begin rebuilding her life after the traumatic ordeal.

Jones was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison after the court found him guilty of the offences, bringing to an end what police described as an eight-year pattern of domestic abuse.