About this episode

This episode features Jamie Varley's denial of abusing and murdering his adopted son, Preston Davey, amidst conflicting evidence presented to the jury.

In this episode we have the words of Jamie Varley as he denied abusing and murdering the baby boy he adopted. In a series of police interviews we’re bringing you today he says photos and videos the prosecution say are cruel or indecent were “totally innocent.” He also denied having any sexual interest in Preston and he said he did not kill him. But the jury also heard evidence that Preston had 45 bruises on his body, and he did not die from drowning in a bath, as Jamie Varley claimed. Subscribe via  thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’)   Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Richard Marsden Actor: Sarah Gee Producer: Chelsey Ranore Editor: Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini   A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter . It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations…

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Hosts: Caroline Cheetham, Richard Marsden

Guest: Jamie Varley

Topics covered

• child abuse
• murder trial
• police interviews
• legal defense
• jury evidence

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Organizations: The Crime Desk, Daily Mail

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