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
Southend-on-Sea review
CSP: Southend-on-Sea
Published: February 2026
Year of death: 2021
Extracted: 2 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 found no identified warning signs or missed opportunities by professionals to prevent the homicide. However, it highlighted the importance of practitioner awareness regarding domestic abuse in older people and recommended considering a review of Carer's Allowance entitlement processes.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| — | The Home Office is invited to consider how the learning from this review could be shared with the Department for Work and Pensions and structured into any reviews or reforms of entitlement to Carer’s Allowance. | Home Office | Department for Work and Pensions |
| — | The panel, therefore, invites the Southend Community Safety Partnership to consider how it can ensure future communications activity supports increased awareness of age variations in domestic abuse through education, advertisements, and media campaigns. This would enable the Southend Community Safety Partnership to build on its current ongoing activity with community and/or faith groups that supports the public to identify safeguarding issues and/or victims of domestic abuse and share concerns with professionals. | Southend Community Safety Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||