Preston Davey killer ‘sobbing’ at Monster Mansion as inmates ‘lie in wait’
Jamie Varley is said to have spent his first night in HMP Wakefield “whispering to himself” and “quaking”
Varley spent his first night behind bars in ‘Monster Mansion’
Baby Preston Davey’s killer Jamie Varley spent the first night of his whole life term at ‘Monster Mansion’ “sobbing and quaking” in his cell as screaming prisoners warned they would make him pay, insiders claim.
Inmates are reported to have given the convicted abuser a “traditional prisoners welcome”, hammering on the bars and issuing threats that his time is running out for the appalling abuse he subjected little Preston to.
The chilling threats followed Varley as he arrived at HMP Wakefield, notorious as Monster Mansion, where he was taken directly after being sentenced at Preston Crown Court last week.
Varley received a whole life order for his harrowing abuse of adopted 13-month-old baby Preston. Following an eight-week trial, the 37-year-old was convicted of murder, sexual assault, and a string of other deeply disturbing child sex offences.
Preston died after being rushed to hospital in 2023(Image: Lancashire Police/PA Wire)
The stark reality of his new existence appeared to “hit” him as he spent his first night weeping in his cell, insiders claim.
A source told the Daily Star: “It was quite the hit home for how the rest of his life will be.
“Varley was in for a rude awakening if he thought he would be getting an easy ride. He is arguably one of Britain’s most hated men right now, and that stands in the prison too.
“There’s a bounty on his head, everyone wants to be the one to hurt him first, and he was made very aware of that as he entered the prison.
“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.”
Varley, who abused and then murdered his adopted baby son, told detectives he would “fight them to the day I die” while protesting his innocence(Image: Lancashire Police)
Varley is believed to currently be in segregation. This means he will spend the majority of his time in his cell alone, without company, with guards on the clock watching him to keep him safe.
The insider continued: “In time he will be allowed to move about a bit more, but any time he does leave his cell it is likely he will be flanked by guards, they have a duty of care to him.
“He was welcomed last night by loud banging and shouting as fellow prisoners who anticipated his arrival when they learnt of a prison van arriving to drop off newbies.
“He was whispering to himself and spent the whole night just sobbing in his cell. He must be thinking that an attack is inevitable, it is just a case of when.”
Mental health experts are also expected to be called in to the Category A prison in West Yorkshire, to assess his mental state as he is on 24 hour suicide watch.
HMP Wakefield(Image: PA Archive)
“High profile prisoners are often placed on this as a matter of protocol,” the source continued. “But in this case it is probably called for and a real possibility. What has he got to live for?”
Wakefield is one of Britain’s most notorious prisons, known for housing the country’s most evil prisoners.
It is home to between 630 and 750 high-risk offenders, the vast majority serving long-term or indeterminate life sentences, with notable inmates over the years including Harold Shipman, Levi Bellfield, Ian Huntley, and Charles Bronson over the years.
“Things will not be getting any better for him any time soon,” the insider continued. “In fact every day he survives, the bounty will increase for taking him out.
“Guards certainly have a job on their hands keeping him safe.”
The current location of Varley’s partner John McGowan-Fazakerley is unknown, but insiders claim he is likely to be either at HMP Manchester (Strangeways) or HMP Full Sutton.
