Key Facts

• Jamie Varley, a 37-year-old teacher from Blackpool, was found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering the 13-month-old baby boy he adopted with his partner, Preston Davey, who died in July 2023.
• Varley took a year off work to adopt Preston in April 2023, and over the next four months, the child suffered sexual abuse and ill-treatment, with a post-mortem examination discovering that Preston had suffered 40 injuries.
• Varley initially told police that Preston had accidentally drowned in a bath, but this claim was contradicted by the post-mortem results.
• John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, Varley's partner and a financial sales manager, was found guilty of allowing the death of a child.
• Preston Davey was just 13 months old when he died at the hands of Varley.