- High school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, has been found guilty of the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey, whom he had adopted with his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley.
- McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was also found guilty of allowing the death of a child, two counts of child cruelty, and one count of the sexual assault of a child.
- Preston, who was taken from his birth mother by Oldham Council, was adopted by Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley in April 2023 when he was nine months old.
- During the just under four months Preston was in their care, he suffered routine ill-treatment, sexual abuse and physical assault, sustaining 40 traumatic injuries, with Varley also taking and distributing indecent images and videos of the child.
- Following an an eight-week trial at Preston Crown Court, the jury delivered 29 guilty verdicts in total, with both defendants due to be sentenced on Thursday.
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