
Shocking details have emerged in the case of the sexual abuse, physical violence and mistreatment of a 13-month-old baby in Britain. The perpetrators are a homosexual couple, a 37-year-old teacher, who together with his 32-year-old partner had applied to adopt the unfortunate child.
The Mirror has uncovered very serious allegations that were made public during the trial of two men at a court in Preston.
According to the prosecution, the 37-year-old teacher allegedly sexually abused 13-month-old Preston Davey shortly before his death and then recorded it on video while he was lying in bed with obvious signs that he had stopped breathing.
Jamie Varley is charged with the child's murder, as well as 25 other charges of sexual and physical abuse. His partner, 32-year-old John McGowan-Fazakerley, is charged with causing or permitting the child's death, as well as four other criminal offences. Both deny all charges.
The prosecutor in the case told the court that on the day Preston died and shortly before his death, Varley allegedly caused him severe internal injuries through sexual abuse and then failed to seek medical help, thus worsening the child's condition.
The court heard that when Varley's mobile phone was seized, a video recorded that same day was found. In it, little Preston is seen lying on the bed, showing obvious physical signs of respiratory arrest, while his lips were bruised. The prosecution claims that the defendant did nothing to help the child and simply continued to record.
The prosecution also argued that Preston's short life was marked by serious hardships from birth, as he was placed in emergency foster care. However, before being transferred to the defendants in April 2023 so that the adoption process could proceed, the child was described as a "completely healthy boy."
However, over the next nearly 4 months, Preston was hospitalized 3 times with injuries, before losing his life on July 27, 2023.
Addressing the jury, made up of 6 women and 6 men, the prosecutor stressed: "This is inevitably a case with a strong emotional charge. It is a terrible case, because it concerns the death of a very young child. It is inevitable that it will provoke strong emotions in anyone who hears its details."
In the courtroom, Varley appeared dressed in a cream-colored suit, a white open-collar shirt, and shoulder-length blond hair, sitting next to the other defendant, who was wearing a green T-shirt and jeans. The two men were a short distance from Preston's biological mother, who was watching the proceedings from the audience.

Little Preston was born on June 16, 2022. In April 2023, at the age of 9 months, he was placed in the defendants' home, in Staining Street, Blackpool, so that his adoption could proceed.
Less than 4 months later, at approximately 6.30pm on 27 July 2023, the defendants took the child to the Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The prosecutor said the child was unconscious and in cardiac arrest.
Doctors attempted to revive him, but he was pronounced dead less than an hour later. An autopsy concluded that the cause of death was acute upper airway obstruction, either from asphyxiation – possibly from a hand or soft cloth – or from an object or objects being placed in the child’s mouth.
"As terrible as it is, this tragedy was not the result of some terrible, unforeseen accident or natural phenomenon. The evidence collected during the investigation into his untimely death revealed a much darker reality," the prosecutor said.
“We submit that the evidence establishes that he was murdered by one of the persons entrusted with his care and welfare, by one of his prospective adoptive parents. We submit that the person responsible for Preston Davy’s death was the defendant Jamie Varley. But this was not the only tragic event that happened to him while he was in the care of these defendants. In the final months of his short life, we submit that he suffered systematic mistreatment, sexual abuse and physical assault,” the prosecutor said.
The autopsy also showed that the child had suffered approximately 40 injuries during the four months he was in their care. These included 30 external bruises, a fractured upper left arm, and internal injuries to the mouth, neck, and other parts of the body.
According to the prosecution, Varley is suspected of being the main perpetrator, but evidence collected by police implicates both men in acts of sexual abuse, while McGowan-Fazakerley is also charged with failing to protect the child.
As argued in court, on the day of the child's death and on or shortly before the final fatal attack, Varley was alone at home with the baby while the other defendant was at work. During that time, he allegedly sexually abused the child, causing internal injuries.
After Varley was arrested and his cell phone was seized, a video he had taken earlier that day was found in which the child appeared to be showing obvious signs of respiratory arrest. However, according to the prosecution, the defendant did not attempt to resuscitate him or seek immediate medical attention.
It was only later that the two defendants took Preston to hospital, but by then it was too late to save him. Although McGowan-Fazakerley was at work when Varley allegedly caused the fatal injury, the prosecution argues that he had joint responsibility for the child's care, was in daily contact with him and had a duty to know what was happening and to protect him.
The prosecutor argued that he was not only aware of the abuse, but also participated in it. At the same time, he warned the jury to “arm themselves with calm” given the images of the child appearing on the screen, which, it was said, were taken after he had been sexually abused.
According to the prosecution, Varley had taken other photos and videos of the abuse, which were not “happy glimpses of family life,” but indecent images. The prosecutor also noted that, despite the image of a happy and stable couple that the defendants may have projected, the reality, the prosecution claims, was far from it.
Varley denies charges of murder, manslaughter, two counts of assault with intent to commit, five counts of child abuse, grievous bodily harm, sexual abuse of a child, 13 counts of taking indecent photographs or videos of a child, one count of distributing an indecent image of a child to a co-defendant and one count of making an indecent image. McGowan-Fazakerley, who denies one count of causing the death of a child, three counts of child abuse and one count of child sexual abuse, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The trial will resume on Tuesday morning.