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: Leicester Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 6 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The review highlights concerns regarding the intersectional impact of religion, belief, and race on the victim's experiences and access to support, alongside limitations in local data collection for BME communities. It also addresses problematic media reporting of domestic homicides and issues with DHR publication and employer engagement.

Home Office classifications

14 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - mental ill health
  • Victim - immigration involvement
  • Perpetrator - mental ill health
  • Perpetrator - anxiety
  • Perpetrator - depression
  • Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - died by suicide
  • Perpetrator - immigration involvement
  • Aggravating factors - separation
  • DHR process - family contributed to dhr
  • DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Safer Leicester Partnership

The Safer Leicester Partnership to review its approach to the publication of DHRs, ensuring that DHRs are available for at least three years and that there is a process for making a summary of learning available when DHRs are removed or (in exceptional circumstances) not published at all.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 2

Addressed to Home Office

The Home Office to consult with those affected by domestic homicide, in particular families, to hear their views on a standard for the publication and the sharing of learning from DHRs.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Home Office

The Home Office to amend the statutory guidance in order to improve the transparency of the DHR process by setting out clear expectations of CSPs in relation to key milestones, publication and the bringing together of learning.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Safer Leicester Partnership

The Safer Leicester Partnership to engage with media outlets locally and regionally in relation to the learning from this case to encourage the adoption of best practice in relation to the reporting of domestic homicides.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5

Addressed to Home Office

The Home Office to engage with the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence and the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse to review existing guidance and support for employers in order to promote involvement in DHRs.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 6

Addressed to Safer Leicester Partnership

The Safer Leicester Partnership to work with its partners to develop the capacity to gather data relating to the needs of BME communities.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗