The boyfriend of a teacher accused of abusing and murdering a baby boy they were adopting today insisted he never hurt or sexually assaulted him.
Preston Davey died four months after being placed in the care of John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, and Jamie Varley, 37, in July 2023.
The couple are on trial accused of ‘routinely’ ill-treating, sexually abusing and physically assaulting the 13-month-old infant, who was taken from his birth mother and put into foster care aged five days.
Varley, a secondary school textiles teacher who was known as Jae, is also charged with murder, while McGowan-Fazakerley, a sales representative, is accused of
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