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
Leeds review
CSP: Leeds
Published: May 2025
Year of death: 2018
Extracted: 2 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
Key concerns include the perpetrator's subtle, unrecognised coercive and controlling behaviors that escalated to extreme violence during the separation period. The review highlights the victim's lack of disclosure, limited agency awareness, and the critical risks associated with relationship breakdown.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The ICB Safeguarding Business Unit should add to their Annual Audit Plan (for 2023) a dip sample audit of Primary Care’s understanding and use of routine enquiry and implement that plan. | ICB Safeguarding Business Unit |
| 2 | Explore awareness raising and deliver a public / employer / education (including secondary or University education) focussed campaign on the risks that may be present during the period leading up to and including separation in a relationship. | Home Office |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||