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

Peterborough review

CSP: Peterborough Published: May 2023 Extracted: 6 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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Summary

The review identifies systemic issues including inadequate inter-agency information sharing, inconsistent risk assessments, and procedural gaps in managing high-risk domestic abuse cases. Specific concerns relate to managing perpetrators who leave and re-enter the country, and the impact of organisational change on service delivery and supervision.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	A single referral pathway to MARAC must be agreed, implemented and monitored as soon as possible	Safer Peterborough Partnership
2	Procedures, practice standards and supervision requirements for IDVAs must be established, implemented and SPP board satisfied with its sustainability	IDVA service \| Safer Peterborough Partnership
3	Risk assessments across all agencies must include contingency plans if a risk is reduced by a perpetrator leaving the area.	Safer Peterborough Partnership
4	The police must ensure that officers are familiar with the lack of links between the PNC and the UK Border Agency	Cambridgeshire Constabulary
5	The view of this panel should be brought to the attention of the CPS, in particular in relation to the second incident.	Crown Prosecution Service
6	All agencies involved in the prevention or investigation of domestic abuse must ensure that practitioners have an opportunity to learn the lessons from this review and especially that: • Threats to kill must be treated seriously and shared with the police • Information is sought about previous incidents of domestic violence. • A child’s ‘lived experience’ is taken into account in risk assessments • Assessments must be holistic, which necessitates contacting and sharing information with other agencies • If a member of staff is given information that a child might be at risk, they must refer to their child protection procedures and take some sort of preventive action • The accurate recording of basic information is a vital part of safeguarding work.	Safer Peterborough Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗