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
South Cambridgeshire review
CSP: South CambridgeshirePublished: October 2025Year of death: 2022Extracted: 6 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies concerns regarding the recognition of familial domestic abuse, the exploitation of the victim's mental health vulnerabilities, and missed opportunities by agencies to identify and respond to the abuse experienced by a male victim.
Home Office classifications
24 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - neurodiverse condition diagnosis
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to workplace (employer) as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - employer recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
A National campaign to highlight familial abuse to both the public and employers. This will inform and educate people across the country about familial abuse and assist them to potentially identify this in others and themselves, leading to obtaining support and safeguarding if required.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough DASV to hold a promotional campaign for the public and employers to highlight familial abuse and the provisions and pathways available to assist. This will inform and educate those living and working in the area about familial abuse and assist them to potentially identify this in others and themselves, leading to obtaining support and safeguarding if required.
Cambridgeshire Public Health to publicise ‘Stop Suicide’ to businesses within their jurisdiction and how to access this. This will both inform and encourage employers within Cambridgeshire to educate themselves in this area as to how they can support their staff and what pathways are available in these circumstances.
The Metropolitan Police, Enfield Borough to dip sample reports dealt with by the Domestic Abuse team for victim contact satisfaction. This will identify whether the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime within this department is being adhered to on a regular basis and if not, then this can be addressed.
The GP Surgery to implement a process where the opportunity for disclosure of domestic abuse is provided when a patient makes a negative comment in relation to their home or family circumstances. This will ensure that the subject is explored and the opportunity provided whilst in a closed and safe environment with appropriate recording of the conversation thereafter. If domestic abuse is not disclosed, then mental health provisions can still be made available.
Cambridgeshire Public Health to ensure ongoing suicide prevention activity is adapted to meet the needs of people with autism and learning disabilities, primarily by sharing suicide prevention resources and promote suicide prevention training to key organisations. This provides focussed information and advice specific to an area that has been identified as having a heightened risk and ensures availability to those who require it the most.