{"id":408789,"date":"2026-04-20T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408789\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:12:10","slug":"ex-teacher-sexually-abused-and-smothered-baby-he-adopted-jury-told-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408789\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-teacher sexually abused and smothered baby he adopted, jury told &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBnSGFna1B5ZlpRWUVUbm5oQzg2VGhrd1RseERzQ2hXbEticERXcThIcUVXMEp2b1dFOUNQWGNSekJtc3FRdXIxMWpobnpEWENhcThQTFk0MjBlUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-teacher sexually abused and smothered baby he adopted, jury told<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQdV9qRDhMNzJta2UxX29CTWdhZlFScjVBY0x5UG1CVDVOazhTS3pVZU9fVFJYRXJyck04dEhfYjZpWXg2b1g3TE5wc1c4d2htcUp5V1prZDFoaG5KeGlzenBMaDRORjhfbU05RnFkZV80b2FDZmNxX3pUVGpfNmlvUVYyUGlZbU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teacher &#8216;sexually abused baby he was adopting then filmed him as he lay dying&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNR1N2cGppTFdzbnZtbkFNVEV6M1lIcFlnNm5leVUtdG91anlCYXFuak9YbllGbnJsM0YtLU1qR2lFRHJwOXVRZXphOTd1OFB4b1BQWHh1RjBJNzdZNWlnTlN2RTZDZzQ4YUtzdzFjVDU1akV5WjB1d3c3NVQybW1hQVJiSlbSAYoBQVVfeXFMT3Bod1JiaVI3dld3WTV6bFNWQUhza3VpRkNSSlFoX0ZpWkcyX0lwNUNpa004dm9wOThnVmtNU1hEdDk5U1puQXNJbU1hMHh6YS1GRU1RQ0JZOHJpaWN3ci1aVnREQUc4ZS0xck5PSGNPOTNPX0JPQ3N5WjFPQlp1Wk1BYVZpNk93enlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two men to go on trial following death of baby Preston Davey they were in process of adopting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQQm0xYmFkMF82dTNReEwxMlg2NVdkN3RCbFA5UThkRk5sUXBRSmphZmdyYW51UURyWWxRQURIY3dQNnpkNHY4eDNMcW05OHM0SzNNaFJzT2c4SkZ3ekhNRnYxZVhZM1c4ZWZ4VmxkTGlFczdRQXc1X3dFZmlSemNBNHZvVkhnbDNiS2lGX3A0Y3jSAZYBQVVfeXFMTU5VVlotbEFYR2xsMjBoUzNjd3VUclhJRElUaEN5ZjAzWWFubGZGYWRZZjFVd2FMaXhzeC1tdVVNamhtOC1YM0pNUHlzRk1zUXpoeTRyV0dJbFU2ZWZNWk1KQ09jQTVQWGtuLWJPX3QzY3YtLWMydkpjd1k1b3BQZ1lFRGlIRjdXdDl2blVoQXRPNTJRR0xB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teacher &#8216;sexually assaulted baby he was adopting and filmed his fight for life&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNazBlSF9uelI3TzdSbWJTSWJvdVVFTmNjZmZQUmo0YkVZRUItQnpVVThsdGNCMHBES0k4MGxwdGx2Q0t1TWVQSzZVVTM5UU5MbUZCQXVQa3FqMGtnQ2lsNy0wSWloWDBqdVRzUS1yOXZOc09VTUpuakVqRlE0cjQtdGo4MNIBiAFBVV95cUxObXlERDRWNVlzZ3dWc3ZrOUFYYzNLUDNNekR3Q1o1bEtBcWtudWZoWUNDYmRJUjA2VV9hdW1OemJCVTVUX0ZYTmRET0dockZxYkVQUTlPMnF3czNMVHJMM0F4UDhZNmU4c3ZCZmROZXpaczZJMmJ5OWRzc3BscVBPZjJHQUl4MU13?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Preston Davey: Two men to go on trial following death of baby they were in process of adopting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Lancs Live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-teacher sexually abused and smothered baby he adopted, jury told&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTeacher &#8216;sexually abused baby he was adopting then filmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-408789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}