Baby ‘sexually abused and murdered by adopted dad had human bite mark on body’

Jamie Varley, 37, is on trial over the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey on July 27, 2023 (Picture: PA)

A baby allegedly sexually abused and murdered by his adopted dad had a bite mark on his bottom weeks before he died, a court heard.

Jamie Varley, 37, is on trial over the death of 13-month-old Preston Davey on July 27, 2023.

Preston had been placed with Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, at their home in Blackpool aged nine months with a view to him being formally adopted.

But jurors at Preston Crown Court have been told the toddler was routinely ill-trea...