Ruth Dodsworth was standing in her back garden this week, thinking home improvements.
Don't we all do that at the first hint of spring sunshine? By her side, offering expert advice, was a woman whose remit went a bit further than daffodil placement, or fence-painting, though.
'We have quite old windows, so we chatted about that, and whether I should think about getting them replaced,' the TV weather forecaster says.
'Would blinds be better than curtains? Obviously, the security alarm issue was a big one, but it was all the little things that I hadn't thought about that pulled me up. She pointed out the rockery and all the big stones in it. Could they be used as weapons?
'The same with the spades, and trowels. Should they just be left against the wall? This is my reality now, having to think like this.'
Last April, Ruth Dodsworth's ex Jonathan Wignall, then 54, was sentenced to three years in prison for a campaign of abuse against her
Jonathan (right, with Ruth), a former nightclub owner, pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to coercive behaviour and stalking. The court heard Jonathan was an obsessive partner who would set an alarm to check Ruth's nightly forecasts and call her dozens of times a day demanding to know where she was and who she was with
The woman offering a fresh eye was a police home-security adviser, on hand to help Ruth — a familiar face on ITV in Wales — get her house ready for something infinitely more sinister: the release of her abusive former husband from prison.
Last April, Ruth's ex Jonathan Wignall, then 54, was sentenced to three years in prison for a campaign of abuse against her.
Jonathan, a former nightclub owner, pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to coercive behaviour and stalking.
The case was particularly shocking because of Ruth's high-profile job and eternally sunny professional demeanour.
Yet behind all the bright smiles on camera was a woman who went to work every day convinced that her brute of a husband would one day kill her.
The court heard Jonathan was an obsessive partner who would set an alarm to check Ruth's nightly forecasts
