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
Manchester review
CSP: ManchesterPublished: August 2023Year of death: 2020Extracted: 5 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Concerns include the recognition and response to coercive control, its impact on the victim's mental health and suicidal ideation, and the effectiveness of multi-agency support for victims with complex needs, especially regarding relocation, homelessness, and mental health service provision.
Home Office classifications
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Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - psychosis
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to mental health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - physical stalking
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - other educational institution recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
That Manchester Community Safety Partnership ensures that all domestic abuse training focusses on coercive and controlling behaviour as a form of domestic abuse and that the learning from this case is utilised to inform domestic abuse training in respect of the impact of controlling behaviour in undermining the self-esteem of the victim and potentially affecting their mental health.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
When the learning from this case is disseminated Manchester Community Safety Partnership highlights the fact that absence of geographical proximity does not prevent all forms of domestic abuse.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
That Manchester Community Safety Partnership requests the MCC Homelessness Service to review the support they provide to the victims of domestic abuse who present as homeless, including the support they provided to victims of domestic abuse with complex needs and any adjustments they make to policy to accommodate complex needs.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
That Manchester Community Safety Partnership seeks assurance from the Domestic Abuse Partnership Board that new services commissioned to meet the Safe Accommodation Duty include support provided to victims of domestic abuse with complex needs and are reflected in adjustments made to policy to accommodate complex needs.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
That Manchester Community Safety Partnership shares this report with the Safer Islington Partnership so that the latter partnership may seek assurance in respect of local single agency action plans.