Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleJamie Varley was found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of 13-month-old Preston Davey in 2023 (Handout/PA)High school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been found guilty of the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he had adopted with his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley. McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was also found guilty of allowing the death of a child, two counts of child cruelty, and one count of the sexual assault of a child. Preston, who was taken from his birth mother by Oldham Council, was adopted by Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley in April 2023 when he was nine months old. During the just under four months Preston was in their care, he suffered routine ill-treatment, sexual abuse and physical assault, sustaining 40 traumatic injuries, with Varley also taking and distributing indecent images and videos of the child. Following an an eight-week trial at Preston Crown Court, the jury delivered 29 guilty verdicts in total, with both defendants due to be sentenced on Thursday. In fullTeacher guilty of murdering 13-month old baby he adopted with his partnerThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Teacher sexually abused and then murdered 13-month-old Preston Davey
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleJamie Varley was found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of 13-month-old Preston Davey in 2023 (Handout/PA)High school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been found guilty of the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he had adopted with his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley. McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was also found guilty of allowing the death of a child, two counts of child cruelty, and one count of the sexual assault of a child. Preston, who was taken from his birth mother by Oldham Council, was adopted by Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley in April 2023 when he was nine months old. During the just under four months Preston was in their care, he suffered routine ill-treatment, sexual abuse and physical assault, sustaining 40 traumatic injuries, with Varley also taking and distributing indecent images and videos of the child. Following an an eight-week trial at Preston Crown Court, the jury delivered 29 guilty verdicts in total, with both defendants due to be sentenced on Thursday. In fullTeacher guilty of murdering 13-month old baby he adopted with his partnerThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
