The boyfriend of a teacher accused of sexually abusing and murdering a baby boy they were trying to adopt told police he felt like he was in a soap opera when he collapsed and died at hospital.John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, returned home from work in July 2023 to find his partner Jamie Varley, 37, 'panicking' because 13-month-old Preston Davey was vomiting.Moments later, the sales representative claimed the tot went 'limp' and became 'unresponsive' so the couple rushed him to Blackpool Victoria Hospital nearby.Preston Crown Court has been told that, by the time they arrived, he wasn't breathing and was in cardiac arrest.Doctors desperately fought for almost an hour to resuscitate Preston but he could not be saved. He was pronounced dead around 7.20pm.Today jurors at Preston Crown Court were shown video interviews of detectives questioning McGowan-Fazakerley, who is accused of child cruelty, sexual assault and allowing or causing the death of Preston, that took place almost two years later, in June 2025.Asked what happened when they arrived at A&E, McGowan-Fazakerley said: 'It was hell… the whole thing felt like I was in a soap (opera).'Jae was running around like a headless chicken, it was horrendous. He was saying it was all his fault.