Baby murder accused could not recall 'horrible' video

Baby murder accused could not recall 'horrible' video36 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJonny HumphriesNorth WestHandoutPreston was found to have 40 injuriesA teacher being questioned about the death of his adopted baby son denied abusing him and said he "could not recall" taking a Snapchat video of him struggling to breathe, a court has been told.Jurors at Preston Crown Court were shown a video of Jamie Varley being interrogated by detectives about what had happened before 13-month-old Preston Davey died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in July 2023. In the video, when questioned about baby Preston's injuries, Varley replied: "I don't believe he had that many bruises."The 37-year-old is accused of murder, while his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, is charged with allowing the child's death. Both are accused of sexual abuse.Warning: The following court evidence contains distressing informationDuring the four months Preston was under the couple's adoption at their home in Blackpool, it is alleged he was routinely ill-treated, had indecent images and videos taken of him, and was sexually abused and physically assaulted.The prosecution's case is that the couple rushed the unconscious child to hospital after an alleged final sexual assault by Varley, at about 18:20 BST on 27 July 2023.Varley denies murder, manslaughter, two counts of assault by penetration, five counts of cruelty to a child, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault of a child, 13 counts of taking indecent photographs or videos of a child, one of distributing an indecent photograph of a child to his co-accused, and one of making an indecent photograph.McGowan-Fazakerley denies allowing the death of a child, three counts of child cruelty and one count of sexually assaulting of a child.Jurors were shown footage of Jamie Varley being asked to come to his adopted son's bedside when medics could not revive himVarley was questioned by poli...