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
Durham review
CSP: Durham
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2011
Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The report highlights the perpetrator's history of violence, alcohol use, and breach of bail conditions as factors that, if identified and acted upon, could have potentially prevented the homicide of the victim.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The DHR review panel recommends that the Safe Durham Partnership explores the opportunities for agencies to undertake a weapons amnesty in targeted areas of the County. | Safe Durham Partnership |
| 2a | The SDP asks the Durham Constabulary to consider where individuals are subject to bail for crimes of violence (GBH) Officers In Charge of an investigation proactively consider and document rationale for their decision that a formal letter is handed to the suspect/defendant. | Durham Constabulary |
| 2b | Any perpetrator of violent crime (GBH) should, as a matter of course, be subject to targeted bail checks in order to reduce or minimise the risk to the victim(s). This should be based on the potential risks presented to the victim and witnesses. Information sharing with agencies is critical to ensuring effective and timely verification checks are made. | Durham Constabulary |
| 3 | SDP to ask all agencies to review how they share information in relation to excessive use of alcohol where cases indicate this is appropriate to prevent or reduce both violent crime and offences of Domestic Abuse happening in the future. | All agencies |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||