Teacher guilty of sexually abusing and murdering adopted baby


Summary: Preston Davey died after months of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the former head of year.

A teacher has been found guilty of murdering the 13-month-old baby boy he adopted with his partner.

Preston Davey died in July 2023 at the hands of Jamie Varley, 37, who took a year off work as a teacher to adopt him.

Varley, from Blackpool, told police Preston had accidentally drowned in a bath, but a post-mortem examination discovered the child had suffered 40 injuries.

His partner John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, has been found guilty of allowing the death of a child.

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