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British Couple Charged in Baby's Death

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A British couple, Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley, adopted a nine-month-old boy named Preston Davey, but just four months later, he died from severe abuse. Varley, thirty-seven, and McGowan-Fazakerley, thirty-two, face murder and child cruelty charges after prosecutors revealed forty injuries, including signs of smothering. Texts from Varley showed his growing frustration with the baby, who had a milk allergy and was a tough sleeper. Despite taking Preston to the hospital three times, doctors missed red flags on bruises each time. The couple claims Varley accidentally drowned Preston in a bath, but pathology points to sexual assaults and airway blockage. The trial at Preston Crown Court is ongoing, with Varley denying twenty-five charges and McGowan-Fazakerley pleading not guilty to several more.

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British Couple Charged in Baby's Death

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On April 28th, a British couple passed strict checks to adopt a nine-month-old boy named Preston Davy, but just four months later, the 13-month-old died from severe abuse. Jamie Varley, 37, and his partner John McGowan Faza Curley, 32, faced serious charges including murder and child cruelty after. Prosecutors revealed the baby suffered 40 injuries, including signs of smothering. Right after Preston arrived in their blackpool home on April 3rd, 2023, he called the baby dead meat to his sister, joked about murdering him to his mom, and vented to friends about endless crying and poor sleep, saying the kid was killing them both. Preston had a milk allergy and was a tough sleeper even with his prior foster mom, who called him one of the worst in 25 years. The couple took him to the hospital three times for issues like a fractured arm, but doctors missed red flags on bruises each time. On July 27th, McGowan Faza Curley came home to Varley trying to revive Preston, who

was in cardiac arrest. They rushed him to blackpool Victoria Hospital, but he didn't make it. Pathology points to sexual assaults in airway blockage, not Varley's story of a bath drowning. The trial at Preston Crown Court rolls on for six to eight weeks with Varley denying 25 charges and his partner pleading not guilty to. For more, as the full truth unfolds.

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