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: LeedsPublished: May 2025Year of death: 2018Extracted: 2 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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.
Home Office classifications
21 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends 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 - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - family attended dhr panel
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
2 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
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.
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.