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Charlene Downes

£100,000 reward in Charlene Downes case

Michael Mullins, who was mowed down and dragged for more than a mile to his death as he became trapped underneath a car

Motorist who mowed down cyclist found guilty of murder

Nathan Owens who was ‘sexually obsessed’ with his stepdaughter has been found guilty of murdering her at her halls of residence at the University of Lancashire

Man ‘sexually obsessed’ with stepdaughter found guilty of her murder

Brent Clayton, now 62, fatally punched his younger brother Simon in Waterfoot Social Club on Saturday 23rd November 2024.

Chilling mugshot of man who killed his younger brother

Publican Mark Tindill brutally killed Blackpool Market stallholder Lisa Chadderton, 44, in the flat they shared above Gillepsies, the pub he ran in Topping Street, Blackpool on November 27, 2017

Notorious Lancashire murderer and former pub landlord dies behind bars

Lucy Letby

Babies may have been saved if police called sooner -Letby inquiry

Yasin Leli, 46, of Hardman Street, Blackburn, has been charged with two offences of murder.

Man, 46, charged with double murder of couple found stabbed to death

Officers were called by the North-West Ambulance Service at 8.22am (Monday, September 7) to an address in Hardman Street where the pair were pronounced dead at the scene.

Man and woman found stabbed to death at a home in Blackburn

Preston Davey's birth mum Sarah Davey lays teddies on the Comedy Carpet in Blackpool as a vigil was held on the third anniversary of her son's murder

Sign the petition and help fight for a Preston Davey inquiry

The Weekend by T M Logan

The Weekend by T.M. Logan review: gripping new crime thriller

HMP Garth

Man who stabbed step-brother in the back dies in Leyland prison cell

Julie Finley, 23, was strangled and her naked body was dumped in a carrot field near the Rainford bypass, north-west of St Helens in Merseyside in 1994

'Never too late' Appeal to help solve murder 32 years on

Tell Tale by Claire Parkin

Tell Tale by Claire Parkin: comedy murder mystery - book review -

Dennis Crown (John Hannah) is an ex-copper looking for a quiet life in the new Channel 5 drama Benidorm is Murder. (Picture: 5 Broadcasting Ltd/Clapperboard)

This meta new crime drama is weird enough to get away with murder

Thomas Olverson, 75, of Marsh Hey Farm, Pinfold Lane, Scarisbrick suffered fatal gunshot injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene in July 2024

Son denies shooting and killing dad on farm granted bail

Preston Davey vigil in Blackpool

47 poignant pictures as hundreds gather for Preston Davey vigil
People from Blackpool, the Fylde coast and further afield attended a town centre vigil for Preston Davey, 13 months old when he was murdered.
Vanessa Sims

Preston Davey

Breaking Major update from coroner on inquest into murdered baby Preston Davey

Killer teacher Jamie Varley and ex-partner John McGowan-Fazakerley's luxury new Grimsargh home bought after murder of Preston Davey up for sale - but with estate agent warning

Breaking Coroner inquest into Preston Davey death to scrutinise public bodies

Blackpool coroner says inquest in Preston Davey death will 'scrutinise' public bodies

Breaking Coroner: Preston Davey death inquest will 'scrutinise' public bodies

Junaid Nawaz, 30, of Livingstone Walk, Brierfield – who is British born of Pakistani heritage has appeared at court today charged with stabbing a teenager girl in the neck

Man, 30, charged with stabbing teenage girl in neck appears in court

Update on new Preston Davey vigil for baby murdered by ex-teacher Jamie Varley

Sign petition as second vigil held for murdered baby Preston Davey

Albert Pierrepoint

The Much Hoole pub landlord who took 600 lives - including Ruth Ellis

MoJ responds to claims that Preston Davey killer Jamie Varley stabbed at 'Monster Mansion' HMP Wakefield

Breaking MoJ on claims Lancashire killer teacher Jamie Varley stabbed in prison

Killer teacher Jamie Varley and ex-partner John McGowan-Fazakerley's luxury new Grimsargh home bought after murder of Preston Davey up for sale - but with estate agent warning

Killer teacher's luxury Grimsargh home up for sale with a warning

Thomas Olverson, 75, of Marsh Hey Farm, Pinfold Lane, Scarisbrick suffered fatal gunshot injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday, July 25

Breaking Man, 31, re-arrested and charged with shooting nearly two years on

Medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have ‘received support around escalating safeguarding concerns’ after it was revealed an opportunity was missed to help another murdered Blackpool child the day before Preston Davey was seen. Two-year-old Damion Russell was subjected to a ‘horrifically violent’ attack at the hands of his father Daniel Hardcastle on August 19, 2023 at their home on Central Drive.

Hospital missed chance to save child before Preston Davey murder

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to do “everything within our power” to prevent another child facing the same fate as Preston Davey.

Education Sec says stopping a repeat of Preston Davey case is priority
At education questions on Monday, Ms Phillipson said she was “glad that justice has been served” as she described the two men as “evil abusers”.
Vanessa Sims

Sarah Davey, the birth mum of the 13-month-old ‘bubbly and happy’ Preston Davey revealed her final wishes to have him christened had to be carried out after the tragic youngster died at the hands of ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley and his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley

Birth family of little Preston Davey reveal their final act of love

Birth dad Gary Nolan stands on the steps in front of Preston Crown Court with DCI Andy Fallows after the sentencing of Jamie Varley and John Fazakerley. Credit: Lucinda Herbert

'I struggle to imagine' - Police slam 'wicked' Preston Davey abusers

A petition for the government to launch a national inquiry into the safeguarding failures which led to 13-month-old Preston Davey’s abuse and murder has received over 6,000 signatures in less than 24 hours.

Petition for inquiry into Preston Davey’s death signed by 6,000 people

Sarah Davey, birth mother of Preston Davey meets with Niamh Cardwell-Clarke outside Preston Crown Court. Niamh was the organiser of the Preston Davey vigil on Preston's Flag Market. She handed the grieving mum keepsakes left for her little boy who will 'forever remain 13-months-old' . Credit: Lucinda Herbert

Exclusive Birth mum thanks vigil organiser for outpouring of love for son

Baby Preston Davey laughing while with his foster parents, Paul and Sandra Cooper, months before he went to live with monsters Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley

Video captures Preston Davey the way his loved ones will remember him

Ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley with his partner and co-accused John McGowan-Fazackerley. inset little Preston Davey who died at blackpool Victoria Hospital on July 72, 2023

'Drama Queen' and 'Steady Eddie' couple who murdered and abused baby

Breaking Preston deserved better. Back Post petition for national inquiry

Jamie Varley

What Jamie Varley now has in common with Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman

Blackpool's killer teacher Jamie Varley (left) and his now ex-partner and fellow abuser John McGowan-Fazakerley (right) have been sentenced today at Preston Crown Court over the death of little Preston Davey. Also pictured is police at their former home in Staining Road, Staining and a touching tribute left for the baby

Breaking Killer teacher sentenced to life behind bars for death of baby

Sarah Davey, birth mum of tragic baby boy Preston Davey murdered by a Blackpool teacher in the process of adopting him described the day her son died as the day “my world ended”.

Breaking Birth mum describes day son Preston died as the day her 'world ended'

Little Preston Davey was murdered by ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley and betrayed by John McGowan-Fazakerley who had been adopting the baby.

Lancashire teacher Jamie Varley will be sentenced today

Maggie Oldham, Chief Executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals which runs Blackpool Victoria Hospital, described the murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey as “appalling”

Breaking Hospital boss issues statement after teacher convicted of baby murder

A vigil has been held in Preston City Centre to mark the life of little baby boy Preston Davey, who was murdered by a Blackpool teacher who was in the process of adopting him. The vigil, which saw dozens of people turn out to pay their respects on what wwould have been the tragic youngster's fourth birthday, was held on Preston Flag Market

Special vigil held in Preston on murdered baby's 4th birthday

This is the video 'wicked' killer teacher Jamie Varley used to fool professionals he was not abusing murdered baby. Varley told medics Preston's bruises on his head came from pulling a toy box onto himself

Watch video killer teacher used to explain away baby boy's injuries

Ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley with his partner and co-accused John McGowan-Fazackerley. inset little Preston Davey who died at blackpool Victoria Hospital on July 72, 2023

Breaking Council behind murdered baby's Lancashire adoption issues statement

Maternal grandma of Preston Davey (inset), murdered by Blackpool teacher Jamie Varley begged to take him in. Pictured is Preston's birth mum Sarah Davey and police at the scene of Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley's former home in Staining Road, Staining

Breaking Maternal grandma of murdered baby boy said she begged to take him in

Bosses at the Trust which runs South Shore Academy have issued a statement after former teacher Jamie Varley was convicted of murdering 13-month-old Preston Davey

Breaking Academy where teacher convicted of baby murder worked issues statement

Hundreds, if not thousands of people, are expected to gather at Preston’s Flag Market this evening for tragic tot Preston Davey's candlelit vigil.

Hundreds expected to gather tonight for Preston Davey's vigil

In police tapes capturing detectives interviewing former textiles teacher, 37-year-old Jamie Varley, who is accused of murder, can be seen looking disgruntled and yawning while sporting a new blonde bob.

Baby killing teacher shocked Lancs when he was exposed as murderer

DCI Andy Fallows who spent three years seeking justice for a 13-month-old baby, Preston Davey, said before the abuse “he was a very happy, smiley, adorable young child.”

Murdered baby was 'a very happy, smiley, adorable young child'

Heartbreaking video captures the cruelty faced by 13-month-old little Preston Davey in the weeks before his death in July, 2023

Heartbreaking moment baby was cruelly deprived of sleep by his killer

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fallows (inset), who ran the murder investigation into the death of Preston Davey, described John McGowan-Fazakerley as “a man who has seen no evil and heard no evil.”

Co-accused 'had seen no evil and heard no evil' around baby death

Lead detective DCI Andy Fallows says Lancashire teacher Jamie Varley (bottom left) fought to control the narrative around the death of little Preston Davey (inset)

Baby killer was ‘a chameleon’ who performed ‘a panto’, says detective

Preston Davey

Timeline of Preston Davey's tragic short life

13-month-old Preston Davey died on July 27 2023 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital after being brought in by the defendants, unconscious and in a state of cardiac arrest. Despite medics best efforts they could not revive him

CPS says 13-month-old baby murder a 'shocking and horrific' case

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fallows has co-cordinated the efforts of hundreds of specially trained Lancashire Police officers as he sought to uncover the truth about what happened in the final four months of 13-month-old Preston Davey’s life (inset).

'Most harrowing case of my career' - Detective in baby murder inquiry

Ex-South Shore Academy teacher Jamie Varley with his partner and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley. inset little Preston Davey who died at blackpool Victoria Hospital on July 72, 2023

Jury delivers verdict in Lancashire baby murder trial

Janet Murgatroyd is believed to have been killed off Holme Road, Penwortham

"The case has never been closed" - top cop on Janet Murgatroyd appeal

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