Couple appear in court over death of 13-month-old baby boy
The trial of two men charged in connection with the death of a 13-month-old baby boy is due to last six weeks, Preston Crown Court was told.
Jamie Varley, aged 36, and John McGowan-Fazakerley, aged 31, appeared via videolink at a pre-trial review hearing.
Both men, from Grimsargh near Preston, are charged in relation to the death of Preston Davey in 2023.
Varley is charged with murder and a series of sexual and child cruelty offences.
McGowan-Fazakerley is accused of allowing the death of a child and sexual and child cruelty offences.
Both men, formerly of Staining Road, Blackpool, were wearing dark sweatshirts and appeared via a videolink from HMP Liverpool and HMP Durham prisons. They were represented by barristers Richard Vardon and Anne Whyte.
The charges were not put to the defendants and there was no application for bail.
Recorder of Preston Robert Altham remanded both men in custody pending a trial, which is due to take place in April.