A former prisoner has issued a chilling warning that Jamie Varley, the depraved teacher convicted of murdering and sexually abusing baby Preston Davey, will face a hellish time behind bars and will likely be targeted by other inmates.
Guilty Verdict
Varley, 37, was found guilty at Preston Crown Court on June 15 of murder, two counts of assault by penetration, five counts of cruelty to a child, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault of a child, and multiple counts related to indecent images. He had adopted 13-month-old Preston just four months before smothering him to death. The baby suffered 40 traumatic injuries from months of physical and sexual abuse.
His partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was convicted of two counts of child cruelty, one count of sexual assault of a child, and allowing the death of a child. Both will be sentenced on Thursday.
Prison Warning
Rich Jones, a former British Army veteran who served seven years for conspiracy to supply cocaine, said Varley's crimes place him at the lowest level of the prison hierarchy. He explained: "These are the worst. The lowest of ones. Like Ian Watkins, he's on that kind of level."
Jones predicted Varley would be sent to a high-security Category A prison, possibly Wakefield's "Monster Mansion." He added: "He will need to be under protection because he will be got to. Look at Huntley. Ian Watkins was slashed in the throat."
Even on a Vulnerable Prisoner wing, Jones believes Varley will be at risk: "With his level of offence, even in segregation, others will still be looking for kudos to get him. There is a hierarchy within sex offenders, and he is at the very bottom."
Jones also described how inmates might target Varley: "If someone on the wing has a debt, they might say, 'I'll wipe your debt if you do him in your cell.' So there are loads of things that could happen, none of them good."
Prosecutor's Statement
Karen Tonge of the Crown Prosecution Service called it "one of the most shocking and horrific cases I have dealt with." She said: "Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley had a responsibility to care for Preston. They violated that responsibility, and he was abused with sickening ease."
It was also revealed that Preston's birth mother, Sarah Davey, once tortured an elderly person to death as a schoolgirl. She cried in court as the guilty verdicts were read.
