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
Bolton review
CSP: BoltonPublished: October 2025Year of death: 2019Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review highlighted that the victim experienced physical domestic abuse within a volatile relationship, with minimal agency involvement prior to his death. Key concerns include significant barriers for male victims to report abuse due to societal norms and embarrassment, alongside insufficient local awareness and provision of services for male victims.
Home Office classifications
19 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
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
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Addressed to
Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership | Bolton Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board
The Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership (via the Bolton Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board) should take steps to increase awareness across local communities of the domestic abuse and violence of males, including LGBTQI+ and BAME males.
Addressed to
Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership | Bolton Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board
The Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership (via the Bolton Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board) should take steps to increase awareness by local professionals of the domestic abuse and violence of males, including LGBTQI+ and BAME males.
Addressed to
Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership | Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board
The Be Safe Bolton Strategic Partnership, via the Domestic Abuse and Violence Partnership Board, as part of the refresh of the Domestic Abuse and Violence Strategy, should undertake a review of the needs of male victims of DAV, including LGBTQI+ and BAME males. This should take account of the Safe Lives Whole System Review and the ongoing work within the Greater Manchester Working Group on male victims of domestic abuse and violence, to ensure they are supported as part of a whole system approach.