Fair point.
And I am a slightly tipsy, overweight mouse with a bad temper and an attitude.I can confirm I am actually Sweep.
BIBJV describing Preston as “very needy” makes my blood boil! No compassion whatever. It boggles my mind given his profession. He should have a really good understanding of trauma and adverse childhood experiences. Infant mental health is to be taken seriously. The first 1000 days from conception to 2 years can have a life-long effect on a child’s health and wellbeing. Even a baby who’s not had the challenges Preston experienced can be “needy”. I have no idea how JV passed an assessment to adopt. He must have modified his responses.
Baby’s can experience poor mental health. In my authority there is a specialist team. Sleeping and feeding issues can be an indicator
The only believable part is that the poor baby is sick as soon as he sees this disgusting creature. The fear and terror he must have had to live with, I think it will stay with me forever.![]()
Watch Blackpool teacher accused of baby murder tell police what happened to Preston
Jurors shown CCTV footage of ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley give his first hand account about how 13-month-old Preston Davey suffered fatal injuries on July 27, 2023.www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk
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Yeah I think a lot of nuggets are being dropped that will be significant later. Fair play to her for refusing to do that, I bet she has preserved vital evidenceDoes make you wonder if they've been mentioned in her statement for a reason![]()
Absolutely. How can a baby not be needy? What was he expecting?JV describing Preston as “very needy” makes my blood boil! No compassion whatever. It boggles my mind given his profession. He should have a really good understanding of trauma and adverse childhood experiences. Infant mental health is to be taken seriously. The first 1000 days from conception to 2 years can have a life-long effect on a child’s health and wellbeing. Even a baby who’s not had the challenges Preston experienced can be “needy”. I have no idea how JV passed an assessment to adopt. He must have modified his responses.
Baby’s can experience poor mental health. In my authority there is a specialist team. Sleeping and feeding issues can be an indicator
I completely agree with all of this. If Preston were on a CP plan with his birth family, do we think the hospital admissions would have been enough to remove him? I personally do think he would have been. Because Jv was a teacher, an adaptor, a safeguarding professional, he was automatically believed and seen as trustworthy. His story wasn't scrutinised the way "charmaine, from the council estate" would be, it was assumed he was telling the truth whereas it would be often assumed birth parents are lying. I believe that directly contributed to Prestons death.Absolutely. How can a baby not be needy? What was he expecting?
Varley must have told so many lies to get approved. Makes me think no amount of checks can stop predatory monsters accessing vulnerable children, because they will always find a way.But monitoring during the adoption process needs to be and could be much more robust. And multiple hospital visits in such a short space of time absolutely needs to be seen as the red flag it obviously is.
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Imo, Varley must have had a sexual interest in babies/children, I don't understand how you can go from a point of no pweirdo tendencies to sexually abusing a baby in just 4months. If this is correct then presumably he had previously accessed csa images, if this is the case I guess it would come out in the trial.Varley must have told so many lies to get approved. Makes me think no amount of checks can stop predatory monsters accessing vulnerable children, because they will always find a way.But monitoring during the adoption process needs to be and could be much more robust. And multiple hospital visits in such a short space of time absolutely needs to be seen as the red flag it obviously is.
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I think JV's overdramatic performance at the hospital is interesting and a big giveaway - genuine shock and grief doesn't look like this, but he doesn't have those real emotions, he's under extreme pressure and he is acting how he thinks those emotions would feel. Compare JV's reactions to JMF - JMF is more believable and it looks genuine.How DO you go from normal gay guy to prolific abuser of a baby in so little time unless you had those proclivities already there.
I believe that proof will come out that they had these fantasies for a long time.
But, my question is, if he was such a tit actor at the hospital where it was transparent he was faking, how was it he fooled those during the adoption process?
Because he was cool, calm, collected JV during the adoption process, a man in control. A man who knew he had others seemingly eating from the palm of his hand.How DO you go from normal gay guy to prolific abuser of a baby in so little time unless you had those proclivities already there.
I believe that proof will come out that they had these fantasies for a long time.
But, my question is, if he was such a tit actor at the hospital where it was transparent he was faking, how was it he fooled those during the adoption process?
Yes, the hospital performance wasnt one he practised beforehand. John seems more aware that this is something they cant smoothly explain away. That hes facing into an investigation where every facet of his private life will be minutely pored over, and he's facing significant prison time. Its grief all right, but not for Preston.I think JV's overdramatic performance at the hospital is interesting and a big giveaway - genuine shock and grief doesn't look like this, but he doesn't have those real emotions, he's under extreme pressure and he is acting how he thinks those emotions would feel. Compare JV's reactions to JMF - JMF is more believable and it looks genuine.
During the adoption process, there is no panic, it is meetings and questions. JV is familiar with meetings with professionals and he knows all about safeguarding - so this is a comfortable environment for him, he knows how to behave and there's no pressure.
Yes, this is what I think, he was genuinely panicking in the hospital because he knew what he'd done and he knew he was caught.Because he was cool, calm, collected JV during the adoption process, a man in control. A man who knew he had others seemingly eating from the palm of his hand.
By the time of the hospital he was a desperate man in a state of extreme panic for himself. I dont think it was acting as such, I think he was in a complete meltdown. His brain was so disregilulated he was randomly shouting out things. I dont think it was acting, more leakage he couldn't control.
It can be read several ways can’t it - firstly a kind of dramatic, self-piteous kind of thing. Oh poor me, I was a model adoptive dad but now I’m going to get done for neglect, it was an accident but it was my fault because I left him in the bath, I killed him, boo hoo.Yes, this is what I think, he was genuinely panicking in the hospital because he knew what he'd done and he knew he was caught.
It's so interesting what you say about leakage because he says I'm done, I'm going to hell, I effing killed him, he even says that he's going to be done for child neglect and that is exactly what his initial arrest was for.
He's literally telling us what he's done and what is going to happen!