Meanwhile, John Dawes, who has since been released, was given a 24-year sentence at Nottingham Crown Court in 2005 for money laundering and conspiracy to deal drugs. Mark Martin, of no fixed ...

Ryan Wellings, 30, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for controlling and coercive behaviour and assault - but ...

In mitigation, John Jones KC told the court the relationship between Ms Dawes and Wellings, a landscape gardener from Bispham who had a previous conviction for battering an ex-partner, was ...