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: Liverpool
Published: October 2025
Year of death: 2021
Extracted: 5 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
The review highlights inconsistent use of interpreters and a lack of professional curiosity among agencies regarding culturally specific issues and honour-based abuse, leading to missed opportunities to identify and assess risks for the victim, an asylum seeker and refugee.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 17.1.1 | All agencies should provide the Domestic Abuse Board with assurance that effective arrangements for interpreter services are in place and that staff will not rely on family or community members to interpret for each other. | All agencies involved in the review | Domestic Abuse Board |
| 17.1.2 | All agencies involved in the review should provide the Domestic Abuse Board with assurance that screening questioning and risk assessments of service users include considerations around culturally specific issues and domestic abuse. | All agencies involved in the review | Domestic Abuse Board |
| 17.1.3 | All agencies involved in the review should provide the Domestic Abuse Board with evidence that training has been provided to staff on culturally specific issues, honour-based abuse, and the links with domestic abuse. | All agencies involved in the review | Domestic Abuse Board |
| 17.1.4 | Safer and Stronger Communities should support Our Liverpool in establishing effective governance around the central strategy to support people seeking asylum, refugees, and vulnerable migrants (known as the ’ASRVM Strategy’). Specialist domestic abuse services should be attendees to multi-agency meetings, to identify intervention opportunities to support those at risk of domestic abuse. | Liverpool City Council (Safer and Stronger Communities) | Liverpool City Council (Our Liverpool) | Specialist domestic abuse services |
| 17.2.1 | The Home Office should disseminate to all local authorities, the details of a single point of access for all immigration and asylum enquiries arising from DHRs. | Home Office |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||