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
Cardiff review
CSP: CardiffPublished: September 2023Year of death: 2017Extracted: 7 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies concerns regarding the perpetrator's use of a false identity and coercive control tactics, which agencies were unaware of due to no direct contact with the couple. It highlights missed opportunities for routine domestic abuse enquiry by health professionals and the broader risks associated with online dating platforms and false profiles.
Home Office classifications
29 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - pregnancy
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - self harm
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police 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 - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - housing services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
7 recommendations pulled from the report · 6 matched to organisations in the index
That an awareness raising campaign should be delivered, aimed at the general public, about what constitutes coercive and controlling behaviour and how to recognise it. It should include the provision of practical advice to anyone who has a suspicion that either they or someone they know may be a victim and how support options can be identified and accessed.
That a national review of completed domestic homicide reviews (and other publications) be commissioned to determine the extent to which dating websites feature in background circumstances of cases, to enable consideration to be given as to what advice, if any, may be given to dating website users about their own safety.
Addressed to
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
That all health staff/GP’S should undertake mandatory Group 1 Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence training to ensure they are able to target victims of domestic abuse and to provide assurance that the University Health Board is meeting the needs of victims.
Addressed to
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
That appropriate staff groups within the University Health Board should attend Group 2 Domestic Abuse Training under the Welsh Government National Training Framework.