{"id":645106,"date":"2026-06-18T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645106\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:28:10","slug":"teacher-who-murdered-adopted-son-preston-davey-to-be-sentenced-alongside-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645106\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher who murdered adopted son Preston Davey to be sentenced alongside partner"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘I was having nightmares about Preston after hearing about the autopsy’published at 10:45 BST<\/p>\n

10:45 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Yunus Mulla
BBC North West Tonight<\/p>\n

The statement, read out on behalf of Preston’s biological father, continues: “I learnt of Preston\u2019s passing from the police, a day I remember so well, it was just awful. <\/p>\n

“Two female officers came to see me and informed me that Preston had been killed and that two men had been bailed pending an investigation. <\/p>\n

“Due to legal matters a lot of information was withheld from me. <\/p>\n

“Upon hearing the news, I remember officers taking hold of me and me blanking out, the next thing I recall is waking up in hospital two days later. <\/p>\n

“I am told that I was hysterical and crying and that it was for my own safety that I was taken to the hospital, clearly, I must have been in a bad place mentally. <\/p>\n

“Upon being discharged from hospital, I turned to drink, which I knew wasn\u2019t the answer, but I felt anxious about everything.<\/p>\n

Quote Message<\/p>\n

I was having nightmares about Preston after hearing about the autopsy. These included seeing some horrific images in my mind. The only thing that got me off the alcohol was when I started throwing up blood, at that point I knew that I needed help. Prior to that I didn\u2019t realise just how hard hearing the news of Preston had hit me.<\/p>\n

\"CourtImage source, Elizabeth CookQuote Message<\/p>\n

I am thankful to the church community that they have supported me, and I am now in a better place mentally and tee-total. Despite that I am still, to this day, on anti-depressants and anxiety tablets, things that have only been required following my release from hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘I was having nightmares about Preston after hearing about the autopsy’published at 10:45 BST 10:45 BST Yunus MullaBBC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}