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
Extracted: 4 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 identifies systemic failures in recognising domestic violence and abuse, particularly in same-sex relationships and involving older men. Key concerns include inadequate risk assessment, poor inter-agency information sharing, and inappropriate criminal justice decisions regarding the perpetrator's violent history.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 4.68 | Devon and Cornwall Police to carry out an audit to establish if prosecution advice files, containing allegations of indictable only offences, are being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision. | Devon and Cornwall Police |
| 4.69 | Devon and Cornwall Police to take account of recommendations 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 of the HMIC 2014 report on ‘Devon and Cornwall Police’s approach to tackling Domestic Abuse’; to review the SODAIT Training Plan to establish whether team members, as part of their continued professional development, can receive additional training in respect of increased understanding of ‘specialist’ groups e.g. LGBT and older male victims; and establish whether domestic violence and abuse incidents involving members of LGBT communities and particularly older male victims, could be introduced into the Police Training Programme, for all police officers and police staff from call handlers to responders. | Devon and Cornwall Police |
| 6.79 | AMHS Organisation to consider how pertinent risk information held in [redacted] for service users who are not on [redacted], is easily available to clinical staff, if the service user is re-referred to Adult Mental Health Services. | AMHS Organisation |
| 6.80 | AMHS Organisation to ensure staff complete the two day ACPO DASH Awareness/Risk Assessment training, as commissioned by Safer Cornwall Partnership between 2014 and 2016, followed by a structured roll out of ‘Routine Enquiry into Domestic Violence and Abuse’ in appropriate Mental Health Services, to ensure staff are able to identify, risk assess and refer where appropriate high risk cases of domestic violence and abuse. | AMHS Organisation |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||