The new girlfriend of jailed abuser Ryan Wellings, 30, reportedly told her friends 'there are two sides to every story' after they warned her about his behaviour

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

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.

"Monster" Ryan Wellings has been jailed for domestic abuse following the suicide of his girlfriend Kiena Dawes, and now it has emerged that he has a new girlfriend

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

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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.

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.