Prison chiefs are doing all they can to keep the evil pair who abused little Preston Davey apart for the rest of their lives, jail insiders claim.
John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, is expected to be housed in HMP Manchester – known as Strangeways – which has housed some of Britain’s most notorious criminals including Harold Shipman, Dale Cregan, Ian Brady and Charles Bronson.
He was sentenced to 25 years after being convicted 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.
We previously revealed how 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, according to insiders.
Fuming inmates are said to have given the sicko a “traditional prisoners welcome”, banging on the bars and shouting warnings that he is on borrowed time for the vile abuse he inflicted on little Preston.
The horror threats followed Varley as he entered HMP Wakefield, where he was taken immediately following 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 off to another one of Britain’s most secure nicks 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.”
Like Varley, McGowan 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.
He will also be watched “round the clock” and will be flanked 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 can hold up to 744 adult male prisoners and is one of Britain’s most notorious and dangerous lock ups. In January, inspectors went to the prison in Manchester and issued an “urgent notification”.
Charlie Taylor , HM Chief Inspector of Prisons said there were issues with widespread drug use, rising violence and concern about self harm and self inflicted deaths.
He said in the report: “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.”
They also said that guards were not in control of Britain’s most dangerous criminals.
“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.”
Our insider said: “It is grim in there. He is not in for a very nice time, that’s for sure.”