The young mum died after reporting domestic abuse to the police
The best friend of a vulnerable young mum who said she was 'murdered' by her partner fought back tears in the witness box as she spoke of her friend.
On July 22, 2022, Kiena dropped her baby daughter off at the home of her friend Kacie Valentine, leaving her mobile phone on a table. Her body was found shortly before 1pm. On another occasion, in December 2021, she said Kiena arrived at her home with her baby daughter, both wearing their pyjamas, saying Wellings had “turned a drill on her”. Kiena said Wellings had threatened to ‘drill her teeth out’, Ms Valentine told the court.
On another occasion, Ms Valentine said Kiena was shaking as she told her Wellings had threatened to set fire to her car. As the two women sat in the vehicle, they saw Wellings had changed his Facebook profile picture to an image of him sitting in a car with a lighter, Ms Valentine told the court. Between April and July 2022, there was a gap in the women's messages. In a July message shown to the jury, Kiena wrote: “I’ve been gone for months because I don’t know what to say or who to trust any more. Made to think everyone around me was bad.”
Courts Fleetwood Lytham St Annes
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