Tweed mum: 'Jack wants to kill himself'

Mary Tweed has said that her imprisoned son Jack wants to kill himself.

Jade Goody's widower is currently awaiting trial in prison after being charged with rape earlier this month.

Mary told the News of the World of her first prison visit: "Jack was a shambles. He hadn't washed in days, he looked grubby and grimy and there was dirt round his neck. But it was his mental state that was even more shocking to me.

"As soon as he saw me he broke down in tears and told me straight out that he wanted to kill himself. He asked me to take flowers to Jade's grave and just kept repeating that he didn't want to carry on living."

She added: "The absolutely worst thing a mother can hear is her son say he wants to end his life. There was a lot of crying and a lot of silences during that two hours. We just didn't know what to say. What can you say? We were all devastated.

"We all broke down together. We were all in floods of tears. Then when our time was up they came to take him away. And, as a mum, that's really horrible - because he's still my baby, my son. I was left feeling so helpless, as if I'd lost all control.

"The fact that Jade is dead and he's still struggling to come to terms with it made me even more concerned that he really might try to take his own life."