Gee said Varley told her he had been putting the baby down and dropped him by accident, causing the injury to his arm.<\/p>\n
But after Preston’s death, Gee said Varley gave a different explanation for the injury.<\/p>\n
She said: “The inconsistency was around the cot. The first instance was he dropped him, the second was he had his arm out of the cot and hurt it. <\/p>\n
“So, no consistency.”<\/p>\n
On 27 July 2023 the baby was rushed to hospital by the defendants, unconscious and in a state of cardiac arrest, and medics could not revive him.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Varley told Gee he had put the baby in the bath while he had a shower then realised he did not have a towel, the court heard.<\/p>\n
“So he went out and when he came back in the baby had fallen out of the bath seat and was face down in the water,” Gee said.<\/p>\n
“When I made the phone call Jamie said to me, ‘Jan, I promise you, I didn’t do anything.<\/p>\n
“It was as soon as I made contact, he said, ‘Jan, I promise you, I didn’t do anything’ and went on to give an account of that day.”<\/p>\n
But at Blackpool Victoria Infirmary, the child was found to be dry, had dry hair and did not appear to have swallowed any water, the court heard.<\/p>\n
A Home Office post-mortem examination found 40 non-accidental, internal and external injuries.<\/p>\n
There were bruises and grazes to his head, face and mouth, upper limbs, chest, back and left thigh.<\/p>\n
Preston also had injuries to his mouth, throat and bottom.<\/p>\n
There was no evidence to support drowning, the court heard.<\/p>\n
A pathologist gave the cause of death as acute upper airways obstruction by either smothering or an object or objects inserted into his mouth.<\/p>\n
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 photos or videos of a child, one of distributing an indecent photo of a child, to his co-accused, and one of making an indecent photo.<\/p>\n
McGowan-Fazakerley denies allowing the death of a child, three counts of child cruelty and one count of the sexual assault of a child.<\/p>\n
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