Young mum wrote 'I was murdered' before she 'took own life after abuse from ex'

Ryan Wellings, 30, has gone connected proceedings accused of her manslaughter aft Kiena near a termination enactment saying helium “killed” her pursuing controlling, convulsive and coercive behaviour

A antheral accused of sidesplitting a young mum conducted a “campaign of abuse” that led to her taking her ain beingness - with her termination enactment naming him arsenic her killer, a assemblage has heard.

Kiena Dawes 23, went missing successful July 2022 aft leaving her nine-month-old girl with a person successful Fleetwood, Lancashire. Relatives raised the alarm aft she failed to return.

She drove 17 miles to Barnacre, wherever she parked adjacent a railway line. Preston Crown Court heard however the mother-of-one laic down connected the tracks earlier being struck and killed by a Glasgow-bound train.

Her erstwhile fiancé Ryan Wellings, 30, has gone connected proceedings accused of her manslaughter aft Kiena near a termination enactment saying helium “killed” her.

The prosecution allege that helium took vantage of her intelligence wellness problems and subjected her to controlling and coercive behaviour and was convulsive and abusive towards her.

This maltreatment was a “significant factor” successful Kiena’s determination to instrumentality her ain life, it’s claimed, with Welling’s past onslaught coming conscionable 11 days earlier she died.

The assemblage heard astir a termination enactment Kiena near connected her phone, which read: “The end. I fought hard, I fought long. went done symptom nary 1 could imagine. No 1 volition cognize what I went through.

“I was murdered. Slowly. They tortured me, till determination was thing left. I mislaid my combat but I didn’t springiness up my battle. I fought till the end. Ryan Wellings killed me.”

The enactment besides said, “I anticipation my beingness saves different by constabulary services acting faster” and that she wanted her girl “kept distant from the monster who is called her dad”.

Paul Greaney KC, prosecuting, told the jury: “The predominant thrust of what Kiena was saying successful her termination enactment was that Ryan Wellings, the suspect successful this trial, was liable for her death.

“Kiena’s ain words, ‘Ryan Wellings killed me’ correspond the prosecution’s case, namely that the decease of Kiena Dawes was caused by the unlawful acts of Ryan Wellings and that helium is truthful blameworthy of her manslaughter.”

He said that the termination enactment was a “significant portion of evidence” but it wasn’t the sole oregon adjacent main ground of the prosecution’s lawsuit arsenic Wellings had subjected her to controlling and coercive behaviour and had treated her successful an “abusive way” and repeatedly physically assaulted her.

Mr Greaney said Kiena had a property upset that tin effect successful accrued impulsivity, mediocre self-esteem and difficulties successful relationships and Wellings “exploited this vulnerability”.

The assemblage heard astir a bid of incidents successful which Wellings allegedly abused Kiena, immoderate of which she made notes astir connected her phone.

The mates had met successful January 2020 and Mr Greaney told the assemblage that Welling’s maltreatment had begun aboriginal successful their narration and determination was “pattern” successful which helium behaved successful an “aggressive and violent” mode towards her and “then apologised and showered her with affection”.

They had lived unneurotic for a clip successful Dorset when, it’s claimed, Wellings had tried to “strangle” her with an iPhone charger and, successful different incident, thrown a stool astatine her and thrown her to the ground, causing her to slash her ft connected breached glass.

Mr Greaney said the maltreatment had continued erstwhile the mates moved to Blackpool and Kiena aboriginal contacted constabulary and reported that Wellings had fixed her a “black eye” portion she was pregnant.

The assemblage besides heard telephone messages she sent to Wellings successful which she accused him of “terrorising” her. “You’re a caput f*** and you cognize it volition ruin me,” she besides wrote. You’re a bully.”

Wellings, of Bispham, Lancashire, denies charges of controlling and coercive behaviour, battle and manslaughter.

The assemblage heard that helium volition assertion his narration with hairdresser Kiena was a “loving” one, she had injured herself, and helium didn’t judge his behaviour caused her death, portion her underlying intelligence wellness issues whitethorn person caused her to instrumentality her ain life.

The proceedings continues.

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