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Preston Davey torturers 'to rot in separate jails' as attacks on them only 'a matter of time'
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Preston Davey torturers 'to rot in separate jails' as attacks on them only 'a matter of time' Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley were sentenced following the death of little Preston Davey, and prison insiders say the pair will be kept apart for the rest of their lives Prison bosses are doing everything in their power to ensure the wicked pair who subjected little Preston Davey to abuse are kept apart for the remainder of their sentences, according to jail insiders. John...
Preston Davey torturers 'to rot in separate jails' as attacks on them only 'a matter of time'
Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley were sentenced following the death of little Preston Davey, and prison insiders say the pair will be kept apart for the rest of their lives
Prison bosses are doing everything in their power to ensure the wicked pair who subjected little Preston Davey to abuse are kept apart for the remainder of their sentences, according to jail insiders.
John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, is expected to be placed in HMP Manchester - better known as Strangeways - which has previously held some of Britain's most notorious criminals, including Harold Shipman, Dale Cregan, Ian Brady and Charles Bronson.
He received a 25-year sentence after being found guilty of allowing the death of a child, child cruelty and sexual abuse. His partner Jamie Varley, 37, who claimed Preston had accidentally drowned in the bath, was handed a whole life order for murder, child cruelty, sexual offences and indecent images.
Varley spent the first night of his whole life term at 'Monster Mansion' "sobbing and quaking" in his cell as screaming lags warned they would make him pay, it is understood.
Furious inmates are said to have given the vile offender a "traditional prisoners welcome", hammering on the bars and issuing warnings that he is living on borrowed time for the sickening abuse he inflicted on little Preston, reports the Daily Star.
The chilling threats followed Varley as he arrived at HMP Wakefield, where he was transferred immediately after his sentencing at Preston Crown Court last week. A source said: "The other prisoners knew he was coming and they waited for him. They want him scared and they want to make his time inside as awful as they can - and now he knows he has a lot of time inside to serve. He is never getting out, there is no way out of this hell for him."
Now insiders claim McGowan-Fazakerley is being transferred to another of Britain's most high-security prisons and also has a "bounty on his head".
The source said: "There has been a lot of coverage and focus on Varley, because ultimately he killed little Preston and has been done for his murder, but McGowan is not off the hook.
"He also did unspeakable acts on that baby, and he also has a bounty on his head.
"Big bosses were not sure where to take him. Normally he would be going to Wakefield too, there's a whole wing there of child offenders and they tend to keep them all together because everyone hates them in prison.
"They can't mix with the gen pop, because they would be extinguished in a second, so they keep them all locked up together.
"But Varley has been earmarked for there and they do not want the pair together. They want them separated for life, they will not be serving their time side by side, that's for sure."
Much like Varley, McGowan is thought to currently be held in segregation. This means he will spend the vast majority of his time alone in his cell, under round-the-clock supervision from guards tasked with keeping him safe.
He will also be watched "round the clock" and will be accompanied by guards whenever he leaves his cell.
"That will not be any time soon though," the insider claimed. "We are talking weeks and weeks before he is ever alone. He will be staring at the walls of his cell for hours on end.
"He's not safe. It is a matter of time before an attack is launched on him. The prisoners all want to get at him."
HMP Strangeways has capacity for up to 744 adult male inmates and is regarded as one of Britain's most notorious and dangerous prisons. In January, inspectors visited the Manchester jail and issued an "urgent notification".
Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, highlighted serious concerns over widespread drug use, escalating violence, and worrying levels of self-harm and self-inflicted deaths.
In his report, he stated: "More than half of the prisoners said they had felt unsafe at some point while the prison's own data indicated that it was amongst the most violent of all adult male prisons. The rate of serious assaults was the highest of all prisons holding adult men and it was continuing to increase.
"Since the last inspection, there had been six self-inflicted deaths and a further three deaths with suspected links to drug abuse. There had been a steep rise in the rate of self-harm and was now amongst the highest of all prisons holding adult men."
Inspectors further warned that prison officers had lost control of some of Britain's most dangerous offenders. "We witnessed a lack of order and control on some wings, with officers failing to challenge very poor, antisocial, or even criminal behaviour," the report continued.
"Many officers were new to their role and struggled to manage prisoners correctly while also demonstrating appropriate care and compassion."
A source close to the situation told us: "It is grim in there. He is not in for a very nice time, that's for sure."
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