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
Merton review
CSP: MertonPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 1 rec
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review highlights that the perpetrator had extensive contact with mental health services but was assessed as low risk. It identifies missed opportunities to involve the victim in discussions about the perpetrator's threatening statements and to offer her safeguarding advice, and a lack of information sharing with police.
Home Office classifications
7 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Perpetrator - died by suicide
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Extracted recommendations
1 recommendation pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
London Borough of Merton | Metropolitan Police Service | NHS Trusts | General Practitioners
It is good practice to ensure that adults considered at potential risk of abuse are helped to understand the nature of the threat facing them and also allowed a confidential opportunity to have a private conversation on neutral territory with a relevant professional adviser or counsellor. They should also be involved directly in any professional assessment process so that their perspective is fully taken into account. This does not appear to have happened in this instance and we feel on balance that it should have done.