{"podcast":{"title":"The Trial","slug":"the-trial-5790383","podcast_index_feed_id":5790383,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6846a44139bad1b901380164","website_url":"https://www.thecrimedesk.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6846a44139bad1b901380164/1759240966589-3e7c3602-d04a-4667-bdc8-aa7f72332e15.jpeg","author":"The Crime Desk","episode_count":112,"summary":"The Trial goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts. For ad-free listening to The Trial, exclusive bonus episodes every week, and complete access to previous series of the show, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Visit www.thecrimedesk.com to become a member. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:19:41.763455+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383"},"episode":{"title":"The Tragic Life Of Preston Davey: Preston’s “brilliant life”","slug":"the-tragic-life-of-preston-davey-preston-s-brilliant-life","published_at":"2026-05-29T12:59:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383/the-tragic-life-of-preston-davey-preston-s-brilliant-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-trial/episodes/the-tragic-life-of-preston-davey-prestons-brilliant-life","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6846a44139bad1b901380164/e/6a1985bf69630795d80ae145/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode Caroline and Liz have the cross-examination of Jamie Varley. He denies the prosecution’s claims that he abused Preston to punish him because he was struggling with being his main carer and resented his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, for working or being away. He also denies making up a ‘cock and bull story’ about how Preston died to cover his tracks. Instead he tells the jury that, although he made mistakes and was sometimes a little rough with Preston, he loved him and he had a brilliant life. He says he did not cause Preston’s bruises, or sexually abuse or murder him. Subscribe via thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Actors: Benny Fiddimore Editor: Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini   The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter . It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode Caroline and Liz have the cross-examination of Jamie Varley. He denies the prosecution’s claims that he abused Preston to punish him becau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2289,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trial-5790383/episodes/the-tragic-life-of-preston-davey-preston-s-brilliant-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383/the-tragic-life-of-preston-davey-preston-s-brilliant-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}