A teacher accused of murdering a baby he was adopting with his partner denied killing the infant and declared: 'our son has never been sexually abused'.

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.

A teacher accused of murdering a baby he was adopting with his partner denied killing the infant and declared: 'our son has never been sexually abused'.

Jamie Varley, 37, and John McGowan-Fazakerly, 32, face a string of charges following baby Preston's death in July 2023

A teacher on trial for the sexual abuse and murder of a baby he and his partner were adopting has denied making pictures and videos as 'trophies' of the abuse.