Mother beaten to death with a steering lock by her son ‘by accident’

A son who battered his 84-year-old mum to death with a steering lock will be detained in a psychiatric hospital. Gareth Jackson, 52, killed Lesma Jackson at his home in Enfield, north London on 29 January 2022. Her son was standing in the hallway in the dark when police arrived and found Ms Jackson’s body in the living room of the house in Stainton Road. A blood stained steering lock was found in his bedroom, the Old Bailey heard. Jackson…