WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley gave the outward impression of being devoted parents to their adopted son Preston Davey. Then the sick truth came to light

High school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been found guilty at Preston Crown Court of the murder of adopted 13-month-old Preston Davey

Jamie Varley, 37, adopted Preston Davey, at nine months old with his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, and Jamie Varley, 37, have now been found guilty following the death of their adopted baby son, Preston Davey

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Sarah Davey had some contact with her son and did register his birth

Police have released a video of Jamie Varley, 37, psychologically torturing Preston, six weeks before he died.

Varley presented himself in court as a doting dad but prosecution said he used adopted boy as a sexual ‘plaything’

Preston Davey's short, tragic life was bookmarked by murder. The Daily Mail can today reveal that it had begun 13 months earlier in the arms of a woman of similarly flawed…

Serious questions are being asked about the scrutiny faced by Jamie Varley, 37, and his boyfriend, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, after they were given little Preston Davey to look…

With respectable, professional jobs, Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley impressed the social workers who approved them to adopt a baby, sailing through the checks.

Preston Davey was a 'perfectly healthy baby' before being adopted by John McGowan-Fazakerley and Jamie Varley and subjected to a vile campaign of abuse that would end his life

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A review will take place looking at the missed opportunities to save baby Preston Davey from the adoptive parents who used him as a 'plaything'

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley gave the outward impression of being devoted parents to their adopted son Preston Davey. Then the sick truth…

Varley, 37, a teacher and trained child safeguarding lead, was found guilty of the sexual abuse and murder of baby Preston, who had spent just four months in his care.

As a mother, I can hardly bear to read the details of what they did to him. But the video shown to the jury gives us an inkling. It shows coldness towards a small child that I…

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Jamie Varley, 37, murdered baby Preston Davey while his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, joined in with his horrific abuse - both are being…

Jamie Varley, 37, will die in jail for the killing of 13-month-old Preston Davey in July 2023.

Jamie Varley, 37, will be sentenced today for the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey in July 2023.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Born to murderer Sarah Davey, little Preston was removed from her care only to be placed in the hands of depraved Jamie Varley and John…

Teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of Preston Davey