About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.
Source · Domestic Homicide Review
Bridgend review
CSP: BridgendPublished: December 2022Year of death: 2015Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified concerns regarding the perpetrator's unaddressed alcohol and mental health issues, inconsistent engagement with support services, and missed opportunities by agencies to conduct comprehensive risk assessments, particularly concerning domestic abuse and the victim's vulnerability to coercive control and financial exploitation.
Home Office classifications
39 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - housing issues
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to probation services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - probation services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Western Bay Substance Misuse Area Planning Board and treatment providers
Western Bay Substance Misuse Area Planning Board and treatment providers to ensure that domestic abuse questions are being asked and recorded as part of the assessment and care planning/review process.
Addressed to
Bridgend Community Safety Partnership Executive Group
Bridgend Community Safety Partnership Executive Group to take responsibility for coordinating the promotion of awareness raising around domestic abuse in all its forms within the community for victims and perpetrators and how to identify and report concerns of domestic abuse. Signposting victims and perpetrators for support and guidance.
Addressed to
Home Office | Medical Regulatory Bodies | Department of Health | Welsh Government
The Chair of Bridgend Community Safety Partnership requests the Home Office for further clarification of paragraphs 99 and 100 of the new Home Office Guidance for the Conduct of Domestic Homicide Reviews December 2016, especially regarding the term ‘The Department of Health is clear that, where there is evidence to suggest that a person is responsible for the death of the victim their confidentiality should be set aside in the greater public interest’ and for the Home Office in conjunction with Medical Regulatory Bodies, the Department of Health and Welsh Government, to produce a sample template letter that could be used Nationally informing the perpetrators that their medical information is to be disclosed as well as advising health agencies of this process irrespective that permission has not been obtained from the perpetrator.