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

Cornwall review

CSP: Cornwall Published: July 2026 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 10 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The DHR highlights the unforeseen nature of the homicide due to undiagnosed Lewy Body Dementia in the perpetrator. It identifies a need for improved agency awareness, routine enquiry, and accessible services for domestic abuse among the elderly and those with dementia, given Cornwall's aging population.

Home Office classifications

17 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - mental ill health
  • Perpetrator - anxiety
  • Perpetrator - cognitive disorder (dementia or alzheimer's disease)
  • Perpetrator - depression
  • Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
  • Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
  • DHR process - police recommendations
  • DHR process - social services recommendations
  • DHR process - health services recommendations
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
  • DHR process - training recommendation themes
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

10 recommendations pulled from the report · 8 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to NHS Kernow

NHS Kernow to review the current effectiveness of Routine Enquiry into Domestic Abuse across all service areas in Cornwall.

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Recommendation 2

Addressed to Safer Cornwall

Safer Cornwall to commission a review of the impact of dementia and associated conditions on domestic abuse in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Adult Social Care | Police | NHS Kernow | CFT

Adult Social Care, Police, NHS Kernow and CFT to review and amend current policy and practice to ensure that they recognise and deal with the impact of domestic abuse amongst the elderly and those suffering from dementia related illnesses.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Adult Social Care | Police | NHS Kernow | CFT

Adult Social Care, Police, NHS Kernow and CFT must review current processes to make sure dementia/cognitive problems are routinely enquired about when dealing with the elderly and that they have the ability to signpost them to support services.

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Recommendation 5

Addressed to Adult Social Care | Police | NHS Kernow | CFT

Adult Social Care, Police, NHS Kernow and CFT must review current reporting mechanisms to ensure that they are accessible to all vulnerable groups.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 6

Addressed to NHS Kernow

NHS Kernow to refer this case to [the hospital] for discussion at the morbidity and mortality meeting.

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Recommendation 7

Addressed to Safer Cornwall

Safer Cornwall to review the current DASV Strategy to ensure that the priorities that are delivered includes action to address hard to reach groups such as, the elderly and those suffering from dementia.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 8

Addressed to NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group

NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group to ensure that any Dementia strategy within Health includes action to address domestic abuse.

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Recommendation 9

Addressed to Safer Cornwall | Adult Social Care | NHS Kernow | CFT

Safer Cornwall, Adult Social Care, NHS Kernow and CFT should review the current information that they provide to those caring for people with mental health related conditions to ensure that they are aware of any risks with the condition and the action taken to mitigate them.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 10

Addressed to Safer Cornwall | Adult Social Care | Police | NHS Kernow | CFT

Safer Cornwall, Adult Social Care, Police, NHS Kernow and CFT should review current domestic abuse training to ensure that it includes the impact of abuse on the elderly and that any reference to mental health highlights the impact of dementia.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗