Five key missed chances to save Kiena Dawes from violent bully boyfriend

Kiena Dawes was found dead by British Transport Police on the railway line near Barnacre on July 22, 2022 (Picture: Lancashire Police/PA)

In her heartbreaking suicide note, Kiena Dawes said she hoped the police would act ‘faster’ in cases like hers and someone else’s life would be saved in the future.

She endured two years of domestic abuse at the hands of Ryan Wellings, 30, who beat her while she was pregnant, threatened to drown her in a bath, drill her teeth and ‘make her look like Katie Piper’ by pouring acid over her face.