The Tragic Life Of Preston Davey: The Phone Footage
5/1/202641 min
In this episode Caroline and Liz have the latest in the case of Preston Davey - a baby the prosecution say was abused and murdered after he was adopted by two men - Jamie Varley and John McGowan Fazakerly. Today we’ve got evidence of the videos and pictures from Jamie Varley’s mobile phone. In many of them Preston is naked and in some Jamie Varley appears to be naked too. The prosecution say the jury will have to decide if they are cruel and indecent. We’ve also got the evidence from Jamie Varley’s colleagues who say he gave different accounts of how Preston broke his arm in the weeks before he died. And we hear that at one point the hospital did report some of Preston’s injuries to the police but no investigation was launched.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[door opening and closing] The Crime Desk, a resting podcast.
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:05
Welcome to The Trial UK, the tragic life of Preston Davey. I'm Caroline Cheatham.
Liz Hall· Host0:12
And I'm Liz Hall.
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:13
Today on the podcast, we've got more details about the life and death of baby Preston Davey. We've heard evidence that when he was handed over to the two men who adopted him, he was fit, happy, and healthy. Four months later, he was dead.
Liz Hall· Host0:28
In those four months, Preston went to hospital several times, once with a broken arm, and then on another occasion, the hospital raised concerns with the police, but there was no investigation.
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:38
In videos and pictures which have now been shown to the jury, Preston can be seen consistently naked, on one occasion in a bath with no water in.
Liz Hall· Host0:48
One video shows him playing happily in the bath, but then crying in fright when Jamie Varley loudly shouts, "Boo!"
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:55
And in a series of pictures, Preston is seen naked and comments are allegedly made by Jamie Varley about his genitals.
Liz Hall· Host1:04
Today, we also have the evidence from friends and colleagues of Jamie Varley, who said he was struggling with the lack of sleep and had dark thoughts about harming Preston.
Caroline Cheatham· Host1:13
And how he allegedly questioned if Preston's death could be the fault of his birth mother, who may have used drink and drugs when she was pregnant.
Liz Hall· Host1:24
Welcome to episode two, The Phone Footage.
Caroline Cheatham· Host1:26
We'll be back in a second.