A teacher accused of murdering a baby he was adopting told how when told of the infant's death, he grabbed a cross off a hospital windowsill and 'begged the Lord not to take him'.

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.

A teacher accused of murdering a baby he was adopting told how when told of the infant's death, he grabbed a cross off a hospital windowsill and 'begged the Lord not to take him'.

Jamie Varley was questioned about the day 13-month-old Preston Davey died in 2023