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
Lincoln review
CSP: LincolnPublished: February 2026Year of death: 2018Extracted: 3 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 missed opportunities by agencies to share information and utilise safeguarding tools, such as the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, to address the perpetrator's history of abuse and the victim's escalating risk. Gaps in professional curiosity, training, and supervision were also noted.
Home Office classifications
27 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - housing issues
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
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)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - housing issues
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 health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to mental health 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 - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
That the Safer Lincolnshire Partnership obtains evidenced based assurances from its core membership that staff working in this field know the importance of checking a victim’s full understanding of risk factors particular to their circumstances.
That the Safer Lincolnshire Partnership obtains evidenced based assurance from its core membership that staff working in this field have a clear understanding of the different processes, civil orders and legal options available to all agencies to undertake a disclosure of information to a victim.
That the Safer Lincolnshire Partnership reviews the existing Domestic Abuse Communications Plan to raise awareness of domestic abuse in Lincolnshire. Ensuring it is reaching all aspect of the community, including family, friends and work colleagues, on how they can respond and report concerns and options available to them, including civil orders and how they can request information to inform their safety planning.