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Man jailed for for assaulting and coercive controlling Kiena Dawes A man has been jailed for assaulting and coercive controlling a Fleetwood mum who went on to take her own life. Ryan Wellings (pictured) was found guilty of domestically abusing 23-year-old Kiena Dawes following a six-week trial at Preston Crown Court. On 22nd July 2022, Kiena was sadly found deceased by our British Transport Police colleagues on the railway line near Barnacre. Kiena had been reported missing a short time earlier having left her young daughter with a friend, along with her mobile phone which contained a suicide note. A jury at Preston Crown Court heard how Kiena was introduced to 30-year-old Wellings in January 2020, Within the first few weeks, Wellings had Kiena’s named tattooed on his neck, and two weeks later he had a portrait of her face tattooed on the back of his left leg. However, within a month of the relationship Wellings started to become abusive towards her, resulting in Kiena sending him a message which read: “Stop hurting me now xxxxx.” By April 2020, Wellings had proposed to Kiena who had moved down to Dorset temporarily during Covid lockdown to stay with a friend. However during that month the same friend noticed that Wellings’ behaviour towards Kiena would change dramatically at the drop of a hat. One minute he would buy her extravagant gifts such as champagne and the next he would belittle Kiena to the extent
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