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
Northumberland review
CSP: NorthumberlandPublished: August 2026Year of death: 2022Extracted: 8 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 identify and address the victim's alcohol misuse, the impact of compulsive behaviours on her capacity, and the escalating risks of domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse. There were also gaps in information sharing and adult safeguarding assessments.
Home Office classifications
33 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
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 idva or other domestic abuse support service 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
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
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 - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
8 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Northumberland Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board
The Domestic Abuse Board should seek reassure from relevant agencies that frontline practitioners have the skills, knowledge and confidence to identify service users who use alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Addressed to
Northumberland Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board
The Domestic Abuse Board should satisfy itself that relevant practitioners across each agency understand how to make referrals to specialist services to support individuals who use alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Addressed to
Northumberland Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board
The Domestic Abuse Board should seek reassurance from agencies that relevant practitioners understand the impact that compulsive behaviours may have on an individual’s decision-making capacity.
Addressed to
Northumberland Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board
The Domestic Abuse Board should seek reassurance from each agency that relevant practitioners understand the impact of controlling behaviour, including financial abuse, on victims of domestic abuse and their ability to disclose abuse or seek help.
Health agencies should ensure that relevant practitioners carry out the appropriate routine or targeted enquiries in line with local policy and procedures, to better understand the risk of domestic abuse faced by service users.
Agencies should satisfy themselves that frontline practitioners understand when the lack of consent to share information relating to adults at risk with partners should be overridden.
ASC should reassure itself that the measures are in place to ensure that safeguarding referral requests are followed up and completed appropriately and in a timely fashion.
ASC should ensure that relevant practitioners accurately record relationships within the Swift system to reflect family members known or not known to ASC.