The body of 23-year-old Kiena Dawes was found on a railway line in July 2022.
A vulnerable mother left a note saying "I was murdered" after suffering years of alleged abuse by her partner, a manslaughter trial has heard.
The jury also heard Ms Dawes, 23, left a note which she said she had "fought hard", but that "slowly, they tortured me, till there was nothing left". Mr Greaney asked the jury: "What caused a bright and popular young mother to take such clear and deliberate steps to end her own life?" In another incident, he threw a stool at her and caused her to slash her foot on broken glass, the court was told.
"No one will know what I went through. I was murdered. Slowly. They tortured me, till there was nothing left.The jury heard she also wrote: "Ryan Wellings killed me. He ruined every bit of strength I had left."
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