An indepenedent reivew has ruled that homicide which saw a grandfather stabbed to death was not preventable.

Southend Community Safety Partnership has published its second Domestic Homicide Review after the 35-year-old stabbed his grandfather to death in November 2013.

He also admitted attempted murder of his grandmother, Pamela Anker, 81, but denied murdering his grandfather due to a 'loss of control', however the jury found him guilty.

The murderer had gone to visit his grandparents for lunch at their sheltered accommodation home at Stephen McAdden House, Burr Hull Chase, Southend that winter.

But the ruling's report, released today, revealed that the murder was not predictable, and had not followed any other domestic abuse.

Christine Doorly, Independent Chairperson of the Domestic Homicide review, said: “Any situation that results in a review like this is of course a tragic case and our thoughts are with the family and friends.

“In my role as independent chair I have ensured that the process of reviewing the case has been open and transparent, determine whether there are any lessons to be learned in terms of how agencies worked together, make improvements in services and ensure the review follows the relevant Homes Office guidance.

“This is a somewhat unusual review in that the homicide did not take place within an on-going or escalating pattern of domestic abuse.

"The perpetrator had not seen the victim for many years and it will probably never be possible to understand his motivation for the attack, other than his stated rationale.

"The perpetrator did not respond to requests to take part in the review, and it was felt that it would not be appropriate to involve members of the family in the review as given the nature of events there was no sense in which the victims were the subjects of domestic abuse prior to the attack, or could represent that experience.

“The clear view of the panel was that none of the areas reflected on in the individual management review or overview recommendations would have been likely to have made any difference in this case, and the overview report conclusion was that this homicide was neither predictable nor preventable.”