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Jamie Varley Pleads “I’m Going to Hell” Over Dead Infant.

5/7/2026

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Police body-camera video shows Jamie Varley pleading “I’m going to hell” while cradling his dead son.
The infant, Preston Davey, was found unconscious in a bath on 27 July 2023 and pronounced dead at 19:20.
Jurors saw footage of Varley, barefoot in a Jurassic Park shirt, pacing outside the hospital and refusing to see the child.
Varley, a former South Shore Academy teacher, denies all 13 murder, assault and indecent-image charges.

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Police body-camera video shows Jamie Varley pleading “I’m going to hell” while cradling his dead son.
The infant, Preston Davey, was found unconscious in a bath on 27 July 2023 and pronounced dead at 19:20.
Jurors saw footage of Varley, barefoot in a Jurassic Park shirt, pacing outside the hospital and refusing to see the child.
Varley, a former South Shore Academy teacher, denies all 13 murder, assault and indecent-image charges.