Update Episode - The Tragic Life Of Preston Davey: "It's my Fault"
5/5/202615 min
In this update episode Caroline and Liz have the moment 13-month-old Preston Davey was brought into A&E in the minutes before he died. CCTV footage was shown in court of Jamie Varley and John McGowan Fazakerley running into the hospital in Blackpool carrying the baby and the jury was told Jamie Varley repeatedly said: "It's my fault." He told doctors he'd left Preston in the bath alone for a few minutes and he'd started drowning. But the prosecution say he deliberately murdered him, after weeks of abuse. The men deny the charges.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[knocking] The Crime Desk, a resting podcast. [dramatic music] The Trial Update.
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:09
Welcome to The Trial Update. I'm Caroline Cheatham.
Liz Hull· Host0:21
And I'm Liz Hull.
Caroline Cheatham· Host0:22
So we're back with an update episode today from Preston Crown Court and, of course, the trial of Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazackerley. They're both accused, as we know, of abusing little baby called Preston Davey, who they adopted in April twenty twenty-three. Jamie Varley is also accused of Preston's murder. He died, we've been told, from an obstruction to his airway, and after he died, he was found to have several injuries all over his body. Now, the court didn't sit yesterday because of the bank holiday, and of course, in Friday's episode from last week, we got you pretty much up to date. So just a quick reminder of where we got to on Friday, and really, I think there were three key themes. These were the messages that Jamie Varley was sending to friends and colleagues, some of which suggested that he was struggling with Preston and struggling with fatherhood, especially because Preston wasn't a very good sleeper. The other theme was the hospital visits, which started in May twenty twenty-three. That was just a few weeks after Preston went to live with the men.