He reminded jurors the child was noted as having dry hair, was wearing a nappy, the bath tub was empty of water and no water was found in his lungs.<\/p>\n
And he recalled how witness Janet Gee, a work colleague of Varley, told the court how Varley had told her of his “dark thoughts” about drowning or suffocating the child.<\/p>\n
Concluding his closing speech, the prosecutor added: “Preston was at the mercy of Jamie Varley on the 27th of July, and paid for it with his life.”<\/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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