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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod Minchin

Spree killer had been referred to anti-terror Prevent programme, inquest hears

PA Media

Mass shooter Jake Davison had been reported to the Government’s counter-terrorism Prevent programme by his own mother months before he applied for a shotgun licence, an inquest heard.

The 22-year-old spree killer’s mother, Maxine, 51, had contacted the multi-agency scheme, which aims to stop people becoming terrorists, in November 2016 with concerns about her son.

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