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
Tower Hamlets review
CSP: Tower HamletsPublished: May 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 2 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 missed opportunities by West Yorkshire Police to link domestic incidents and make adult safeguarding referrals in Leeds. In Tower Hamlets, agencies lacked awareness of escalating domestic abuse prior to the homicide. The report also highlighted cultural barriers to reporting abuse and the need to improve awareness of support services and third-party reporting within the Somali community.
Home Office classifications
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Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - religious institution recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
2 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
West Yorkshire Police ensures that all police officers and staff are reminded of the importance of making Adult Safeguarding notifications or referrals to Adult Social Care in circumstances where a Vulnerable Adult is known to be resident (full or part time) within an environment where domestic abuse is identified
Addressed to
Tower Hamlets Community Safety Partnership
Tower Hamlets Community Safety Partnership provide an outline of the learning from this review, suitably anonymised, to promote further the encouragement of personal and third party reporting of domestic abuse within Tower Hamlets, specifically within the Somali community