The Tragic Life Of Preston Davey: Divided
5/26/202631 min
In this episode Caroline and Liz have more of the evidence from Jamie Varley as he continues to give evidence in his own defence. He told the jury he didn’t agree with the medical evidence that Preston died because his airway was deliberately obstructed. He also said he didn’t lie to his partner, John McGowan Fazakerley, about what happened on the day Preston died. He also said the couple hadn’t been given time to grieve the loss of their son.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[door opening and closing] [siren blaring] The Crime Desk, a resting podcast.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:05
Welcome to The Trial UK, The Tragic Life of Preston Davey. I'm Caroline Cheatham.
Liz Hull· Host0:11
And I'm Liz Hull.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:13
Today on the podcast, Jamie Varley gives his version of what happened the day Preston died.
Liz Hull· Host0:20
He said Preston was violently sick and collapsed after he pulled him out of the bath.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:25
He denied inventing this story and was adamant he did not lie to John McGowan-Pizzackelli about what happened that day.
Liz Hull· Host0:33
He said he wasn't capable of doing what he's accused of to his adopted son.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:38
He also described John McGowan-Pizzackelli as a good dad who never mistreated Preston, but he said he wasn't there the day he died, so he couldn't know what happened.
Liz Hull· Host0:49
But he admitted he didn't mention to him that Preston had a seizure that day, or show him the footage of that seizure that he'd filmed on Snapchat.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:59
He also said the couple had not been given time to grieve after the death of their son.
Liz Hull· Host1:04
Welcome to episode nine, Divided.
Caroline Cheetham· Host1:07
We'll be back in a second.
Speaker 31:09
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