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
Warrington review
CSP: WarringtonPublished: August 2023Year of death: 2012Extracted: 4 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 concerns regarding police handling of domestic abuse incidents, including bail decisions and victim contact in custody. It also highlighted issues with mental health service engagement with the perpetrator and a general lack of a 'whole family' approach by agencies, leading to insufficient holistic risk assessment and information sharing.
Home Office classifications
36 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
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 (victim and perpetrator)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police 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 - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
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
Promote a ''whole family' approach by partner agencies in cases where domestic abuse is a feature, to ensure that an holistic assessment of risk/need is undertaken and the required safeguarding actions are implemented and support provided.
Domestic Abuse cases with no children-or with children aged 18 and over-to be reviewed to explore if additional safeguarding can be provided following Standard Risk incidents.
Merseyside and Cheshire CPS to be consulted on Cheshire-wide policy to notify CPS of any potential DHRs and CPS to agree to preserve any records in relation to any potential DHR
Separation / Divorce should be regarded as a High Risk Factor, and therefore needs to be recognised and addressed in assessing risk and protective factors in domestic abuse cases.