Plymouth gunman was referred to anti-terror scheme

An inquest has head that Jake Davison, who shot five people dead in Plymouth in August last year, had been reported to the government's counter terrorism programme by his own mother.

Mrs Davison, who was killed in the attack, had contacted the Prevent scheme, which aims to stop people becoming terrorists, in November 2016. Details of the referral were not disclosed during a pre-inquest hearing at Plymouth Coroner's Court.

However her referral will be a key area of examination in the inquest which is due to begin in January 2023.

The killings happened just weeks after Davison's shotgun and licence had been returned to him by Devon and Cornwall Police.

In line with this area of enquiry, the court also heard that firearms licensing procedures at Devon and Cornwall police are being improved in response to issues identified after the incident. A lawyer representing the force told the pre-inquest review that officers were being given more training and a new IT system will automatically alert them when someone with a licence is arrested.