Maxine Davison
(Picture: Facebook)The mother of “incel” killer Jake Davison repeatedly argued with her son over his sexist and misogynistic views, it has been reported.
Family members said Maxine Davison,51, and her son Jake were once very close but their relationship became strained after her son turned to the online incel community, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Davison killed five people on Thursday night during a 12-minute rampage through a residential area before turning the gun on himself.
Ms Davison was her son’s first victim and he killed her in her own home in the Keyham area of the city.
The mother of three, who is reported to have recently recovered from cancer, had become deeply unsettled by her son’s behaviour, friends said.
A neighbour told the paper: "Maxine and Jake used to be close. You’d always see him helping her with the shopping at Lidl up the road, but then his views changed and he went against women and he became a misogynist. They clashed a lot about that.
"I know she found that upsetting as a mum and as his parent. As a mum you expect to be respected."
A close friend of Ms Davison, said: "Maxine was a lovely, lovely person.
"She never had a bad word to say about anyone and would always try to help you out if you needed it."
Another friend said: "I’d heard the news from a friend. It’s devastating. I know Maxine’s sister - I can’t begin to imagine what she’s going through."
On social media, Davison called his mother “abusive” and “vile”.
In one comment, he wrote: "Try being an unemployed autistic poor sexually frustrated male with tons of health issues and no social circle and being stuck in government housing with my disgusting abusive mother for years on end and having missed out on so much in life and then come back and tell me if you’re not negative".
In another post, when asked by a Reddit user "what do incels think of their mother?" Davison replied: "can’t stand her".
Davison had a history of anger-related mental health problems and allegedly suffered from ADHD, a close friend and neighbour said.
The gunman attended an anger management course following an alleged assault last year which led to his gun license being revoked before it was reinstated in July.
He also fought his father a couple of months ago, the Telegraph reports.
A source close to the family said: “Apparently, he hasn’t been well for quite a bit, mentally, and also beat up his father a couple of months ago.
“The police took his gun licence from him, but then gave it back to him.
According to a friend of the family, concerns about the 22-year-old’s mental health had been raised to the NHS and police.
"This could have been prevented,” a friend told The Mirror.
"The guy shouldn’t have been on the streets with his condition."
