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
Liverpool review
CSP: LiverpoolPublished: February 2025Year of death: 2020Extracted: 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 missed opportunities by agencies to recognize and respond to coercive control and domestic abuse, leading to inadequate risk assessment and delayed intervention. There was also a lack of professional curiosity and understanding of the link between domestic abuse and suicide risk.
Home Office classifications
32 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
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 - 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 others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to workplace (employer) as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - police 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 - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Merseyside Police | Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group | Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust
Agencies contributing to the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with evidence that their staff have been provided with information in relation to the link between domestic abuse and suicide risk.
Addressed to
Merseyside Police | Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group | Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust
Agencies contributing to the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with detailed information on their plans to train staff in the coercion and control elements of domestic abuse.