Distressing bodycam footage released by Lancashire Police showed a heavily pregnant Kiena Dawes, 23, sitting on the foot of a bed and crying as she told cops she was struggling to get rid of her fiancé Ryan Wellings - who was later convicted of assaulting her.
Kiena Dawes death: Moment tearful mum tells cops how Ryan Wellings controlled her life A young mum who suffered vile torture and abuse at the hands of her fiancé sobbed uncontrollably to police about him before taking her own life.
Wellings faced charges of manslaughter, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour towards Kiena during a trial at Preston Crown Court, which heard he carried out a prolonged campaign of abuse before she was found dead on a railway track near Garstang, in Lancashire, in July 2022.
Dressed in nothing but a towel with items strewn across the bedroom floor, Kiena told officers that Wellings threatened to tell social services about her mental health condition, leaving her terrified that her unborn child would be taken away at birth.
The clip, recorded in April 2021 - a year before Kiena’s tragic death and while she was 7 months pregnant - shows the officer trying to calm the young mum-to-be down, reminding her the police are there to help.
