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Teacher 'had dark thoughts about abused baby'

Jamie Varley, a former Blackpool high school teacher, and his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley are on trial at Preston Crown Court for the July 2023 death of 13-month-old adopted baby Preston Davey. Varley faces murder and 25 other charges including sexual and physical mistreatment, while McGowan-Fazakerley is accused of causing or allowing the child's death and four additional offences; the court heard Varley disclosed "dark thoughts" about the child (whom he renamed Elijah) to a colleague a month before his death, and a post-mortem concluded the cause of death was acute upper airways obstruction likely from smothering or object insertion, contradicting Varley's claim the child drowned.

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child abusemurder trialadopted babydark thoughtsacute upper airways obstructionPreston Crown CourtBlackpoolJuly 2023

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Teacher 'had dark thoughts about abused baby'

Apr 22, 2026, 12:23 AM

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