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: February 2026 Year of death: 2021 Extracted: 8 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 systemic failures in inter-agency information sharing, risk assessment, and proactive intervention regarding domestic abuse. Professionals missed opportunities to identify escalating risks and address the perpetrator's abusive behaviour, compounded by his asylum status and the victim's vulnerabilities.

Extracted recommendations

8 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That all agencies provide evidence that professionals are adopting a proactive approach to gathering information from individuals, and where additional sources of information are identified, this is followed up.	All agencies
2	That all agencies provide evidence that professionals are adopting a ‘trust but verify’ approach when working with individuals, which includes the accurate recording and verification of information to inform assessment and risk planning.	All agencies
3	That MARAC Steering Group provides Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with a report as to individual agencies’ contribution and representation at MARAC. The report should identify what action is being taken to address any identified gaps within multi-agency involvement, including involvement of non-statutory organisations. This recommendation can be achieved through an audit of MARAC attendance – to identify gaps and provide City Safe Board with information to address gaps with partners at a strategic level.	MARAC Steering Group
4	That Bedspace provides Liverpool City Council Safer & Stronger Communities Team with a report as to the timescales for the implementation of domestic abuse training to their staff. Updates to the implementation can be provided at 3-, 6- and 12-month intervals.	Bedspace
5	That further and higher education providers work closely with MARAC Steering Group to develop information sharing pathways in relation to domestic abuse incidents and safeguarding concerns.	Further and higher education providers
6	That Liverpool Children’s Social Care provides a report to Liverpool Community Safety Partnership on the co-ordination, supervision, and management of Early Help action plans. That report should address the identified learning within this review.	Liverpool Children’s Social Care
7	That all agencies should provide Liverpool City Council Safer & Stronger Communities Team with evidence and assurances that any contact, whether verbal or written, with individuals whose first language is not English, is undertaken in a format in which they can understand.	All agencies
8	That Home Office and United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service should ensure that local intelligence regarding those seeking asylum is taken into account as part of the decision-making process for those charged with considering asylum applications.	Home Office \| United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗