{"id":2035,"date":"2026-06-19T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:35:06","slug":"judge-sentences-gay-couple-who-sexually-abused-murdered-adopted-baby-what-happens-to-those-who-ignored-red-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2035","title":{"rendered":"Judge Sentences Gay Couple Who Sexually Abused, Murdered Adopted Baby. 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Such a sentence seems inadequate for the evil acts in which <\/span><span>McGowan-Fazakerley<\/span><span> participated. The men reportedly denied all charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The details of the case are sickening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davey was reportedly taken from his biological mother, Sarah Davey, five days after his birth. His mother, now 42, was sentenced to jail at 14 for the torture and murder of a retiree, <\/span><span>according to<\/span><span> The Spectator\u2019s Melanie McDonagh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a victim impact statement, Sarah Davey reportedly told the men who tortured her son: \u201c<\/span><span>He relied entirely on you \u2014 the adults responsible for him \u2014 to love him, care for him, and keep him safe. Instead, you caused him suffering. You took away his chance to grow up, to go to school, to make friends, to live a full life. You took everything from him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>Davey was initially placed with Sandra and Paul Cooper, where he \u201clived happily\u201d for nine months, according to The Guardian. The Coopers also gave victim impact statements at sentencing, recalling Davey as a \u201cjoyful\u201d baby with \u201csparkly smiling eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The torture Varley and <\/span><span>McGowan-Fazakerley<\/span><span> would inflict on Davey in his final four months of life must have been incomprehensible to the little child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>The couple treated the baby as a \u201cplaything,\u201d prosecutors told the court. Prosecutor Peter Wright alleged the baby was \u201c<\/span><span>routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted,\u201d according to The Guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An investigation reportedly unearthed images and videos of the abuse on Varley\u2019s phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davey was reportedly taken to the hospital three times by Varley and <\/span><span>McGowan-Fazakerley<\/span><span> in the four months he was in their custody. One time, the child had bruises, according to McDonagh. Another time, he had a fractured elbow. Hospital staff believed the couple\u2019s account of the injuries, reports The Guardian. The baby returned home to his torturers after each hospital visit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The couple was visited twice by social workers. One social worker noticed Davey \u201c<\/span><span>was pale and not quite himself,\u201d says McDonagh. Varley reportedly told a coworker that he had \u201cdark fantasies about drowning the child, but told him that his social worker was aware of the problem.\u201d <\/span><b>(RELATED: Denver School Board Fires Teacher After Students Reportedly Graded On Same-Sex Kissing Roleplays)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Varley and <\/span><span>McGowan-Fazakerley<\/span><span> would take Davey to the hospital a final time on July 27, 2023. Davey was reportedly unresponsive and died that day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Varley claimed that the child accidentally drowned in the bathtub, according to The Guardian. But the court was presented with evidence to the contrary: the baby\u2019s hair was dry, he was wearing a diaper, and he \u201cdid not appear to have swallowed any water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2031\">DUKE: Trump Sends Simple Message To South Africa \u2014 Stop Being Racist!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>A pathologist told the court that Davey died of \u201cacute upper airways <\/span><span>obstruction by either smothering or an object or objects being inserted into the baby\u2019s mouth.\u201d This explanation dovetails with the account of sexual abuse presented at trial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A post-mortem examination reportedly discovered Davey had sustained more than 40 injuries, including \u201c<\/span><span>30 visible bruises and serious internal injuries to his throat and bottom,\u201d according to <\/span><span>McDonagh. Varkey was convicted of two counts of assault by penetration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>How did medical professionals and other adults ignore these obvious signs of abuse?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The court heard that Preston was seen by a \u201cbattery of professionals,\u201d including social workers, doctors, and nurses, in the last weeks of his life, according to The Guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rachel De Souza, the children\u2019s commissioner for England, speculates that Varley\u2019s status as a teacher may have led some to ignore the child\u2019s deteriorating physical state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDid that evil abuser hoodwink people under that professional guise?\u201d she asked, on BBC Radio 4, according to The Guardian. \u201cThe social worker saw [Davey] 20 days before he died. I want to know whether the correct level of professional curiosity was there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>De Souza referred to Davey\u2019s death as a \u201cfailure of the state and the safeguarding system,\u201d <\/span><span>according to<\/span><span> Sky News.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The social workers who saw Davey have not been fired or suspended, according to McDonagh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Varley\u2019s profession may have encouraged some witnesses to ignore their lying eyes. But I think the explanation speculated upon by McDonagh is more plausible: Professionals ignored signs of abuse for fear of being labeled \u201chomophobic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McDonagh points to Davey\u2019s birth grandmother, Debbie Davey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Social services might have been hesitant to take action when they saw Preston because they may have been accused of being homophobic,\u201d Debbie Davey said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t see through [Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley] and see what was going on.\u201d <\/span><b>(RELATED: DUKE: They Didn\u2019t Want To Be Called Racist So They Let Little Girls Get Raped)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>I think this is probably correct. The Henry Nowak case made clear that British police are primed to believe the \u201cmarginalized\u201d person over the white person. The rape gang inquiry makes clear that police refrained from helping victims \u2014 and sometimes aided their abusers \u2014 in the name of anti-racism. Why shouldn\u2019t the same logic extend to \u201cmarginalized\u201d sexualities?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2029\">\u2018The People There Are Terrible\u2019: Bezos Reportedly Confided To Trump That He Hated The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British teacher Jamie Varley, 37, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the sexual abuse and murder of a 13-month-old boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2316,2172,1764,1555,526],"class_list":["post-2035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-adoption","tag-child-abuse","tag-lgbt","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judge Sentences Gay Couple Who Sexually Abused, Murdered Adopted Baby. 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