It turns out that the court had been presented with a note where Kiena Dawes clearly stated "I was murdered" and that Ryan Wellings had ‘killed me' before she was seen talking her own life on a ...

Ryan Wellings has been jailed for more than six years after the death of his partner Kiena Dawes. Wellings was convicted of assault and coercive and controlling behavior, having abused Dawes ...

Ryan Wellings has been handed a six year jail sentence for assault and prolonged domestic violence following the death of his former partner Kiena Dawes, he was cleared of manslaughter earlier in ...

In this article, Laurence Toczek, considers the challenges faced by the Crown Prosecution Service in securing a manslaughter ...

Those were the stark words Kiena Dawes typed into her mobile phone before she took her own life in July 2022. In the same note, the 23-year-old mother-of-one from Fleetwood in Lancashire described ...

Kiena Dawes's "monster" ex-fiance Ryan Wellings - who she said drove her to suicide after he inflicted appalling abuse on her - has proposed to his girlfriend from jail. Kiena, 23, penned her ...

Kiena Dawes' abuser has made a shameless vow to get custody of their child after being jailed. Last week, thug Ryan Wellings was caged for six years for the physical assault and coercive control of ...

Kiena Dawes, 23, said she felt "trapped and confused" after being attacked by Ryan Wellings on 11 July 2022. Wellings, 30, was found not guilty of manslaughter but was convicted of assault and ...

Ryan Wellings was found guilty of domestically abusing 23-year-old Kiena Dawes following a six-week trial at Preston Crown Court. A jury at Preston Crown Court heard how Kiena was introduced to 30 ...

Kiena Dawes has been labelled "a very poorly girl" by the mother of the man who subjected her to years of domestic abuse. Ryan Wellings, 30, was jailed for six and a half years at Preston Crown ...

As Kiena Dawes' story shows, there is no easy way to break this cycle. Research has shown that leaving an abusive relationship can be dangerous for women, as abuse typically continues post-separation.