Preston Davey sentencing LIVE as murderer Jamie Varley and partner to learn their fate

Preston was born on June 16, 2022. He went into foster care five days after his birth.

The tot was the son of notorious convicted murderer Sarah Davey, who brutally tortured and killed a pensioner in Failsworth in Oldham in 1998. Ms Davey was 14 when she was jailed for the ‘unspeakably wicked’ murder.

The identity of Preston’s mother was never revealed to the jury. She has since been in and out of prison.

In April 2023, Jamie Varley, a former secondary school head of year, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, adopted Preston when he was nine-months-old.

In the next four months up until his murder, Preston was used as a ‘plaything’ being routinely physically and emotionally abused, sexually assaulted and had indecent photos and videos taken of him.

He was killed when he was aged just 13-months-old. Varley claiming he had accidentally drowned in a bath at their Blackpool home on July, 27 2023.

But a post-mortem examination identified more than 40 injuries on his body, as well as internal injuries indicating sexual abuse. His cause of death was established as acute upper airway obstruction, suggesting something had been inserted into his mouth blocking his airway.

He had been admitted to hospital three times in the months before his death and a social services investigation is under way.