- School teacher Jamie Varley has been given a whole life prison order for the murder and sexual abuse of his adopted 13-month-old baby, Preston Davey.
- This is the third whole-life order issued this year, with Varley joining over 60 other criminals, including high-profile figures like Wayne Couzens, Levi Bellfield and Kyle Clifford.
- This means they will never be considered for release unless there are exceptional compassionate grounds to warrant it.
- Only four women have ever received a whole-life order in the UK: Lucy Letby, Myra Hindley, Rose West, and Joanna Dennehy.
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, which became law in 2023, expanded the use of whole-life orders for the premeditated murder of a child and, in exceptional cases, for offenders aged 18 to 20.
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