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
North Worcestershire review
CSP: North WorcestershirePublished: August 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The report identifies significant missed opportunities by police and other agencies to intervene in the perpetrator's history of substance misuse and domestic abuse, highlighting a lack of information sharing, inadequate risk assessments, and insufficient professional curiosity across services.
Home Office classifications
35 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - pregnancy
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Child - primary address same as victim
Child - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - physical stalking
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services 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
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board
Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) is to seek assurance that: a) Children in Warwickshire seeking a school place are identified and an appropriate offer of a school place is made in a timely manner b) When children in Warwickshire are not in education relevant assessments are undertaken in relation to any identified vulnerabilities and appropriate arrangements are made to safeguard the child where required.
West Midlands Police to confirm with North Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership within 6 months of the date of this report that information regarding the dissemination of the use of Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders has been completed for all officers within the force.
Addressed to
West Midlands Police | West Mercia Police
West Midlands Police and West Mercia Police examine their policies and procedures regarding action taken by officers at the reports of domestic abuse complaints, to ensure that all possible intelligence is gathered on the parties concerned and if necessary that intelligence is shared with other Police forces and agencies as deemed appropriate.
All agencies, when working with substance misuse service users and other individuals that lead chaotic lifestyles, ensure appointments are co-ordinated resulting in joint interventions /meetings being better established. This will need a more structured approach to information sharing