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
Manchester review
CSP: ManchesterPublished: February 2026Year of death: 2021Extracted: 9 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 limited agency involvement and missed opportunities for intervention despite indicators of domestic abuse, alcohol misuse, and the victim's vulnerability. There was a lack of professional curiosity and timely information sharing regarding the perpetrator's behaviour and the victim's care needs.
Home Office classifications
34 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - physical disability
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
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 - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - physical disability
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to housing services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - housing services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
9 recommendations pulled from the report · 5 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
For consideration to be given to strengthening public awareness in relation to domestic abuse, coercive or controlling behaviours and how members of the public can report any concerns.
It is recommended there be a facilitated discussion with the relevant partner Housing Providers concerning any further initiative-taking measures that Housing Providers can take through their housing management processes, to ensure that vulnerable tenants are safe.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership
It is recommended that the CSP undertake further discussions with the DWP regarding any further checks and balances that then DWP can take to ensure that any applications for benefits are cross referenced with relevant housing providers in order to ensure that tenancy agreements are not being breached.
Addressed to
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
For Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board to explore the issue of background checks for persons providing care on an informal or unregulated basis, to amend policy where appropriate and to incorporate into continuing professional development.
Addressed to
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
For GPs to be professionally curious and enquire about domestic abuse whenever there are indicators such as depression or low mood, considering the wider impact to carers/children.
Addressed to
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
That the learning from this review is included within the IRIS training particularly given the prevalence of domestic abuse towards older people from family members and children and that older people may face additional barriers to accessing help and support.
Addressed to
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
For GPs to routinely enquire as to the reason for any persistent or frequent non-attendance at hospital appointments and consider the safeguarding impact to the patient by following their non-attendance / ‘was not brought’ policies.