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: LiverpoolPublished: February 2026Year of death: 2021Extracted: 8 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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.
Home Office classifications
43 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - pregnancy
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
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 - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
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
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - housing services recommendations
DHR process - other educational institution recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
8 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
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.
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.
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.
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.
Addressed to
Further and higher education providers
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.
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.
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.
Addressed to
Home Office | United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service
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.