Baby Preston’s evil killer Jamie Varley is said to have a “bounty on his head” inside his new prison nightmare — a world away from the £450,000 four-bedroom detached home he once shared with his paedophile boyfriend.
The murderer has been transferred to HMP Wakefield, known as “Monster Mansion” because of its violent Category A inmates, where child killers and sex offenders are seen as the lowest of the low.
The 37-year-old former teacher is serving a whole-life sentence after months of horrific physical, sexual and emotional abuse against his adopted son Preston, before ultimately killing him.
That sentence means Varley will never leave prison unless exceptional compassionate grounds apply, and a source told the Daily Mail there is “no escape from this hell for him.”
Reports claim the killer was left “sobbing and shaking” in his cell as the reality of life inside the notorious prison hit home, where both a child killer and a paedophile were murdered in the past year. Inmates reportedly welcomed him with the usual prison ritual — banging cell doors and hurling threats.
“There’s a bounty on his head. Everyone wants to be the first to get to him, and he knew that the moment he arrived,” a source said.
“The other prisoners were waiting for him. They want him terrified and intend to make every day inside miserable — and now he knows he’s facing years upon years behind bars.”
Last November, Kyle Bevan, who murdered his partner’s two-year-old daughter, was attacked in his cell by three inmates. The 33-year-old was pinned down and stabbed 25 times before being left to bleed to death.
Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins, convicted of child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby, was also stabbed in the neck while at the prison.
Varley is currently being held in segregation under constant supervision to stop him from harming himself. Experts believe prison officers may eventually need to place him in a Vulnerable Prisoner Unit or keep him under Rule 45 segregation for his own protection throughout his sentence.
