'We were being told to think the unthinkable', court reporter Rachel Smith writes. The Manchester Evening News and LancsLive covered every day of the trial into the death and mistreatment of Preston ...

Two men are on trial at Preston Crown Court charged with plotting a mass shooting of Jewish people in an ISIS-inspired terror attack. The suspects - Walid Saadaoui ...

While on remand in prison John McGowan-Fazackerley said he began to “try to put the puzzle together” as he learned what the prosecution case would be. The co-accused partner of a man alleged to have ...

The co-accused partner of a man alleged to have murdered and sexually abused their adopted baby son told a jury his trust in him was “misplaced”. John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, is said to have caused or ...

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Ex-teacher Jamie Varley has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder and sexual abuse of adopted 13-month-old son Preston Davey. The 37-year-old was found guilty on Monday of murdering the ...

Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazackerley found guilty at Preston Crown Court.

A teacher has been found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering the 13-month-old baby boy he adopted with his partner. Preston Davey died in July 2023 at the hands of Jamie Varley, 37, who took a ...

In the months after he adopted Preston Davey, Jamie Varley's Instagram account painted a picture of a loving family life but the reality was far more twisted and sinister. Preston was subjected to ...