Kiena Dawes: The complex question at case's heart
Chief Crown Prosecutor Kate Brown, who leads on domestic abuse for the CPS, said the verdict of not guilty in respect to the manslaughter charge would not deter the service from considering similar charges in the future. "There is nothing that we have seen that will prevent us bringing other cases," she said.
Why Ryan Wellings wasn't jailed for longer after Kiena Dawes' death
Ryan Wellings has been imprisoned for six and a half years for the abuse and assault of his partner, Kiena Dawes, who took her own life. Wellings, 30, was found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour and actual bodily harm (ABH) after a trial at Preston Crown Court lasting six weeks, though he was acquitted of manslaughter by the jury.
Abusive boyfriend sentenced to six years after death of Kiena Dawes
Judge Robert Altham says "given the gravity of the Ryan Wellings' offending there's no prospect of a sentence other than immediate custody."
Abusive boyfriend whose partner Kiena Dawes blamed him for her death in suicide note jailed
Ryan Wellings, 30, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for controlling and coercive behaviour and assault - but was previously cleared of her manslaughter.
'Monster' who abused partner Kiena Dawes before she took her own life jailed for six years
Ryan Wellings has been jailed for six and a half years for coercive and controlling behaviour towards a young mother who took her own life. | ITV News Granada
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Abusive boyfriend 'set scene of Kiena Dawes' death', prosecutor says
The young mother's relationship with Ryan Wellings, 30, turned from "a fairytale to a nightmare", the judge says, before she took her own life in 2022.
Man jailed for six-and-a-half years for abusing partner who killed herself
Ryan Wellings was cleared of the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes but found guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour.
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