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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Family says desperate mother’s voice ‘not fully heard’ as her abuser is cleared of manslaughter

The grief-stricken family of a mother who wrote “I was murdered” in a desperate suicide note believe her voice has “not been fully heard” after her abusive ex-partner was cleared of manslaughter.

In her final message to the world, mother Kiena Dawes claimed “Ryan Wellings killed me” and “ruined every bit of strength I had left”, after she endured two-and-a-half years of torment.

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