BABY Preston Davey’s killer Jamie Varley is living in terror after being moved to the ‘Monster Mansion’ jail where paedo Ian Watkins was murdered.
Vile Varley, 37 – handed a whole-life order for the tragic tot’s abuse and murder – has refused to eat after being switched to Wakefield Prison, West Yorks and is being watched around the clock by guards.
A sourece said: “Varley is absolutely terrified.
“He is also confined to his cell and has barely eaten since he got to Wakefield on Monday.
“It is the move he dreaded and pretty much the worst outcome for him.
“Varley will have an awful time at the prison, which is what he deserves.
“Officers are keeping close tabs on him but that won’t last forever as they don’t have enough staff.
“They have even offered him separate exercise – although he hasn’t been taking it.
“Instead he has been in his cell sobbing and saying he doesn’t want his life to carry on.
“Varley has already got a massive target on his back because of his case and as he is vulnerable.
“And he is well aware what happened to Ian Watkins and also Kyle Bevan at Wakefield so fears some sort of brutal attack.”
Three cons were last week given life orders for killing child killer Bevan, 33, in a savage attack in his cell last November.
And two other Wakefield inmates face trial over the murder of ex-Lostprophets singer Watkins, 48, who was stabbed to death in October 2025.
The Category A jail is dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’ due to the fiends it holds including Sarah Payne’s killer Roy Whiting and sex offenders Reynhard Sinaga and Sidney Cooke.
We told last week how Varley had been listed as an “escape risk” after guards uncovered a plot to flee custody.
It meant he had to wear a yellow and green jumpsuit while his movement behind bars was restricted at Category B Preston Prison, Lancs, before his move.
Ex-teacher Varley has remained an “enhanced” inmate – the highest of three privilege levels, with £33 per week to spend on canteen treats, a 24-hour per day Freeview TV package.
We told last week how he feared being switched to a high-security jail and bleated: “I will end up like Ian Watkins”.
Varley and his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley – who got 25 years – were jailed after a harrowing case at Preston Crown Court that heard how they abused, sexually assaulted and tortured heir adopted baby.
Judge Mr Justice Turner barnded them “sadistic” and told Varley: “You will never be eligible for parole.”
Baby Preston was taken from his mother Sarah Davey – a convicted killer – five days after his birth.
He thrived with foster parents before being placed with Varley, who had taken a year off work for the adoption, and McGowan-Fazakerly, 32, in April 2025.
In the four months he lived with them Preston was routinely assaulted and abused.
After his death aged 13 months in July 2025, a post-mortem found 40 external and internal injuries including some consistent with “forcible penetration” and sexual abuse.
Varley rushed Preston to hospital claiming he had drowned on his last fateful day but the prosecution said the baby had been “smothered to death”.
Varley was convicted of murder, child cruelty, GBH, sexual assault of a child and taking indecent photos or images of a child.
Sales manager McGowan-Fazakerley was convicted of allowing a child’s death, child cruelty and sexual assault of a child.
