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Pat Hurst

Kiena Dawes accused told her ‘hitting you is like hitting a man’, court hears

Kiena Dawes, 23, from Fleetwood, was found dead by British Transport Police on the railway line near Barnacre on July 22, 2022 (Lancashire Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A man accused of the manslaughter of a young mother told his alleged victim “hitting you is like hitting a man”, a court heard.

Hairdresser Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend, along with a suicide note and took her own life on a railway line after suffering years of abuse from her partner Ryan Wellings, 30, Preston Crown Court has heard.

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