Beautician girlfriend of Kiena Dawes’ ‘monster’ abuser is ‘besotted’ with him and ‘can’t see him for what he is’ – as it’s revealed she KNEW his victim and wished her a ‘happy heavenly birthday’ after her death

Friends say a beautician who is going out with Kiena Dawes’ ‘monster’ abuser is ‘besotted’ with him – as it emerged that she knew his victim and wished her a ‘happy heavenly birthday’ after her death. 

After years of sickening abuse from Ryan Wellings, 30, Kiena Dawes, 23, wrote a suicide note saying, ‘Ryan Wellings killed me’, before leaving their nine-month-old daughter with a friend and taking her own life on a railway line on July 22, 2022.

Although Wellings, 30, was cleared of manslaughter this week, he was convicted of assault and coercive control for two years of violence and abuse, and sentenced today to X years in prison. 

Friends of Kiena are angry at nail technician Emma Croft, 28, for starting a relationship with Wellings over the summer before he was put on remand.

Today, one person who used to be close with Croft said she was ‘in denial’ about his true nature. 

‘They started going out last summer – he’d already been charged over Kiena’s death, but at that time he was…