{"id":19334,"date":"2024-11-27T22:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2024-11-27T22:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:47:27","slug":"mum-told-partner-im-sick-of-you-hitting-me-before-suicide-manslaughter-trial-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19334","title":{"rendered":"Mum told partner 'I'm sick of you hitting me' before suicide, manslaughter trial hears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kiena Dawes, 23, died in July 2022<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A vulnerable mother who took her own life had sent messages to her partner saying: “I’m sick of you hitting me.”<\/p>\n

Kiena Dawes, 23, died on a railway line in July 2022 after allegedly suffering years of abuse by partner Ryan Wellings, who is being tried for her manslaughter.<\/p>\n

Preston Crown Court was told Mr Wellings had Ms Dawes’ name tattooed on his neck within a week of meeting her and had been violent towards the Fleetwood mother-of-one during the relationship.<\/p>\n

Mr Wellings, 30, of Bispham, Lancashire, denies manslaughter, assault, and coercive and controlling behaviour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Proposal<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Prosecutors have told the jury of seven women and five men that Mr Wellings used violence to “grind” down Ms Dawes such that she took her own life.<\/p>\n

On the second day of the trial, Ms Dawes\u2019s best friend, Kacie Valentine, was asked about what her friend had told her about her relationship with Mr Wellings.<\/p>\n

Ms Valentine said she felt it “weird” that Mr Wellings had got a tattoo of Ms Dawes’ name on his neck so soon after they met.<\/p>\n

The court heard Ms Valentine later discovered the hairdresser had fallen out with Mr Wellings and moved to live with a friend in Dorset and was “back to her normal self”.<\/p>\n

But she then received a photo from Ms Dawes showing a ring on her finger and discovered Mr Wellings had proposed to her on a beach with a banner saying, “Will you marry me?” <\/p>\n

She had said yes to the proposal, the jury heard.<\/p>\n

Ms Valentine told the court on about five occasions Ms Dawes told her Mr Wellings had been violent towards her, leaving her with injuries.<\/p>\n

These included a cut on her leg, bruises to her ribs and a black eye, she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Valentine said Ms Dawes had told her that when Mr Wellings would attack her, he would say to her: “Hitting you is like hitting a man.”<\/p>\n

Ms Valentine said sometimes her friend would come and stay at her house because Mr Wellings would “binge on drink and cocaine”.<\/p>\n

The jury was shown messages from Ms Dawes to Mr Wellings which read: “Coke is what\u2019s gone wrong. I can\u2019t bring a baby up like that. I told you 100 times not to buy any more.”<\/p>\n

Ms Dawes told Mr Wellings the drugs made him “aggressive” but his message response read: “Come on. Sorry xx”.<\/p>\n

Ms Dawes replied: “No, I\u2019m sick of you hitting me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Almost universally loved’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Earlier, John Jones KC, defending Mr Wellings, told the jury whatever the difficulties in their relationship they were not the reason Ms Dawes chose to kill herself.<\/p>\n

This, he said, was a decision made because of “multiple factors”.<\/p>\n

He said: “That relationship had been loving, affectionate and otherwise good, but at times both difficult and stormy.<\/p>\n

“It is not part of my defence to raise any adverse comment or criticism against anyone.<\/p>\n

“Nothing I say is intended to adversely trespass on the memory of a young woman who apparently was almost universally loved and regarded with affection.”<\/p>\n

Mr Jones added: “Kiena Dawes was a very troubled young lady. <\/p>\n

“The evidence will reveal she had a long, troubled psychiatric history and had made several, some might say, determined attempts [to kill herself] in the past.”<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by PA<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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