Preston Crown Court

The 30-year-old is on trial for the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes, who left a suicide note saying, “I was murdered … Ryan Wellings killed me.”

A man accused of driving his partner to suicide has admitted he could be "heavy handed" - but denied ever "raising his fists at her".

Ryan Wellings, 30, is accused of the manslaughter of Miss Dawes who left their eight-month-old daughter with a friend before taking her own life.