A gunman who shot himself after fatally wounding his former partner has died.

Jacob Cloke was on life-support in hospital after an armed police stand-off ended in violence on Saturday.

Mum-of-two Hayley Burke died after being shot at her home in Priory Road, Dartford, having reportedly been held hostage.

Firearms officers were sent to the scene along with a trained negotiator.

KentOnline can reveal how 29-year-old Cloke was facing a number of charges relating to abusing Ms Burke, having previously been sent to prison for attacking another woman.

Details reveal she felt intimidated after the cocaine addict tried to strangle her over a row about a mobile phone.

In February last year he threatened to kill Ms Burke, grabbing her by the throat and causing her to pass out.

The former pub manager awoke to find him shaking her – he denied attacking her, saying she must have fallen.

Feeling unwell days later, the mum-of-two went to Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, where a bleed to the brain was discovered.

The couple started going out in December 2020 and were at one time engaged but the relationship soured after he changed after time in prison.

On Tuesday April 18, the scaffolder turned up at her home and later that night entered the bedroom – slamming the door and refusing to let her out.

He became aggressive and wanted to snatch her puppy – threatening to break its paws – and spat in her face.

Cloke, who previously lived in Hayle Road, Maidstone, and Shortlands Road, Sittingbourne, denied doing anything to her and left the house.

The following morning he returned and scared and feeling vulnerable, Ms Burke called the police and Cloke was later arrested.

Jacob Cloke’s criminal career started at 14 when he landed before Medway Juvenile Court.

He served several spells in jail for a raft of wide-ranging offences.

Over the next few years he became prolific in committing a string of motoring offences, including taking and driving away and driving without insurance or a licence.

By May 2010 he had moved on to burglaries and then in following years, drink driving, robbery and criminal damage.

In September 2015 he faced a charge of possessing a designated fighting dog under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

The recent charges he faced were:

Assaulting by beating Hayley Burke in Sheerness on February 24, 2023; Assaulting by beating Hayley Burke in Dartford on April 18, 2023; Theft of a pair of trainers in Dartford on April 24, 2023; Assaulting Hayley Burke causing actual bodily harm in Dartford on February 28, 2022.

Cloke was jailed for two years in 2021 after pleading guilty to assaulting another woman in October the previous year.

Maidstone Crown Court heard how he had punched her as she held their baby and threatened to "put the baby in the ground" if she called police – although a charge of making threats to kill was later dropped.

The pair had been in and out of a relationship for more than a year before Cloke went to the victim's home in Chatham on October 2 2020 and went through her mobile phone.

Prosecutor Tanya Robinson said: "He then started to shout in her face about personal messages. He was aggressive and angry and scared her because she knew he had a temper."

Holding their two-month-old in her arms, she had walked towards the bedroom to settle the child. Ms Robinson added: "As she did so, the defendant slapped her across the face and punched her hard in the ribs. She was terrified and pleaded with him to stop.

"It was then he told her to stay saying 'If you want to act like a dog I'll treat you like a dog'."

He had then allowed her to go to the shops to withdraw money for him so he could buy more drugs but made sure the child stayed behind.

Cloke, who attended Meopham School and North Kent College, told on her: "If you call the police, I will put the baby in the ground."

On her return she was punched "with a clenched fist" on multiple occasions, later telling police she was worried "that she was not going to make it out alive".

The prosecutor said as the victim clutched the child again, Cloke kicked her almost causing her to fall and then kicked her on her leg.

She told officers she was left dizzy and feeling pain all over her body and two days later contacted friends by video and pleaded: "Help me!"

Ms Robinson said the friend had described the victim as dishevelled and "looked as if she had been dragged through a bush backwards".

Cloke was also heard telling her if anyone came to help she would get it "10-times worse" and the victim had told a friend: "If you don't hear from me by 9pm, please come to the house to make sure I am alive."

When police arrived, Cloke, of High Street, St Mary's Cray, Orpington, was hiding outside and was arrested.

He had convictions for robbery and attacking a previous lover. As well as being jailed he had been banned from going near the victim for the next four years.

Simon Taylor, defending, said that at the time Cloke was a cocaine addict and has since been diagnosed with severe adult ADHD.