Mum 'feared her son' and her sister urged Jake to stop threatening her

The mum of Plymouth gunman Jake Davison 'was in fear of Jake all the time and didn't want him to have a gun at all'.

The view of Maxine Davison's former partner who spoke with her - on the phone - close to when the 22 year old killed five people including his mother.

Darren Wood who lived with the pair for around four months said Maxine 'was treated like a slave' by her son who would leave rubbish on the floor and was 'dirty'.

He says it was a 'tense atmosphere' and there was always shotgun cartridges lying around - with Jake the main breadwinner who had to pay £400 a month to help them keep their home which was always a point of contention.

The jury heard he worried: "I think she (Maxine) feared Jake for best part of her life."

In the days before the attack, Maxine's sister also urged Jake to stop threatening his mum.

The jury were told Davison called police, and admitted to a violent offence in a park, after being urged to by his mum - largely because of likely incriminating video evidence which had been released as part of a police appeal for information.

Mr Wood said the day Davison returned home from the park, after the incident, he could 'feel anger coming off him'. Davison took his gun out of the cabinet and said: "I'm going to kill someone."

Davison was then calmed down by his mother and did not take the gun outside.

The jury head Davison and Wood did once have a fight, after Wood claims he found Davison physically attacking his mum.

He said Maxine used to 'flinch' around the house and he worried more was 'going on'.

Mr Wood also said he once warned police: "Jake has a gun and will use it one day.”

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