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.

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Lincoln review

CSP: Lincoln Published: October 2025 Year of death: 2021 Extracted: 11 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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Summary

The review identified challenges in supporting a male victim of domestic abuse who struggled to recognise his victim status due to a trauma bond and co-dependency. It also highlighted the complex interplay of alcohol misuse, mental health issues, and bidirectional abuse, which collectively impacted his ability to seek and receive effective help.

Extracted recommendations

11 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1.a	The senior leadership of agencies represented must invest in developing a trauma-informed strategy. The leadership team designs an organisational plan that takes trauma into account. This involves a focus on patient participation, clinical and non-clinical staff training, and establishing a safe environment.	Safer Lincolnshire Partnership
1.b	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership will seek assurances from partners regarding the availability of trauma-informed training for their staff and to receive feedback where possible on the training delivered.	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
2.a	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse partnership should ensure ongoing campaigns to promote awareness of healthy relationships to support male victims/survivors and practitioners in identifying and responding to domestic abuse.	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
2.b	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership will develop a partnership-based strategy for addressing bidirectional abuse.	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
2.c	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership is tasked with developing a resource toolkit that the partnership can access to aid in the identification of bidirectional abuse and the availability of support for victims/survivors.	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
3.a	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership to receive assurance from partners regarding their duties under the Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance Framework.81	Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
4.a	Public Health to ensure the local suicide prevention strategy will consider the impact of alcohol abuse and dual diagnosis on the risk of death by suicide.	Public Health
5	Agencies should review the accessibility of their self-referral options for individuals with additional support requirements such as ADHD.	Safer Lincolnshire Partnership
5.a	People who experience alcohol problems concurrently should not be prohibited from receiving psychological counselling services. This is consistent with the NHS Access to Psychological Therapies Improvement Manual for 2021.82	Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust \| United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
5.b	To involve service users in collaboratively deciding on their care and facilitating access to services. Information to service users must be provided in an easily accessible format.	Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust \| United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
5.c	To raise awareness of the link between domestic abuse and pre-existing conditions and the possible increase in the risk of domestic abuse.	Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust \| United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗