Vile thug Ryan Wellings left his fiancée Kiena Dawes feeling like there was nowhere left to turn - but now, he will be the one to suffer behind bars with a 'fraught' future ahead

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.

Wellings, 30, was acquitted of manslaughter by the jury at Preston Crown Court. Handing down the sentence, The Honorary Recorder of Preston, Judge Robert Altham, said Wellings was 'a clear danger to any future partner'. Wellings showed no emotion throughout the sentence hearing or when he was led away to the cells.

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The former partner of a young mother who took her own life has been cleared of her manslaughter. Ryan Wellings, from Bispham in Lancashire, was accused of subjecting Kiena Dawes to sustained domestic violence and abuse.

Ryan Wellings, 30, was cleared of the unlawful killing of Kiena Dawes, 23, who left a suicide note calling her partner a “monster” who had “killed me”. | ITV News Granada

Ryan Wellings, 30, was found guilty of assault and controlling and coercive behaviour after a six-week trial at Preston Crown Court today, Thursday, January 16, after the jury heard heartbreaking details of the abuse Kiena Dawes, 23, endured over a two-year period, reports the Mirror.

Ryan Wellings was cleared of the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes but found guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour.

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.