Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Monday, 3rd June 2024, at 18:00hrs
Police in Lancashire following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service have charged a man with the death of a woman from Fleetwood.
In a statement released today, Lancashire Police said,
“A man has today been charged in relation to the death of Kiena Dawes.
On 22nd July 2022, Kiena was sadly found deceased by our British Transport Police colleagues on the line near Barnacre.
Kiena, 23, from Fleetwood, had been reported missing a short time earlier.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, we have charged Ryan Wellings, 30, with Manslaughter, Controlling and Coercive Behaviour and Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm.
Wellings, formerly from Fleetwood but now of Bispham, has been released on conditional bail to appear at Preston Magistrates Court on 10th July 2024.
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