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
Leicester review
CSP: LeicesterPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Agencies failed to consistently recognise and respond to domestic abuse, especially in interfamilial relationships and when alcohol misuse was a factor. Challenges were noted in mental health and alcohol care pathways for intoxicated individuals, missed safeguarding opportunities, and managing historical abuse allegations.
Home Office classifications
29 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - physical disability
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - neurodiverse condition diagnosis
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
LSAB to seek assurance that single agency domestic abuse training does not focus purely on abuse within intimate partner relationships and that learning from this DHR is incorporated into domestic abuse training.
For routine enquires regarding domestic abuse to be embedded within substance misuse services, in particular alcohol misuse services, given the link between domestic abuse and alcohol.
Addressed to
Domestic Violence Delivery Group of the Safer Leicester Partnership
In addition, the DHR panel recommends that the learning from this DHR is taken forward by the Domestic Violence Delivery Group of the Safer Leicester Partnership for wider communication and awareness raising.