Kiena's ex-partner in court with mum and new girlfriend

A man who abused his vulnerable partner before she killed herself has appeared alongside his mum and girlfriend in court charged with perverting the course of justice.

- by Emma Downey

Ryan Wellings was cleared of the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes (pictured)

Ryan Wellings, 31, was jailed for six and a half years in January for assaulting and coercing Kiena Dawes, who died on a railway line in Lancashire in 2022.

The mother-of-one left a note claiming he was a “monster” who had attacked her physically and emotionally for more than two years.