Baby P's mum has been released from prison after serving 13 years of her sentence for admitting causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter. Tracey Connelly, 40, has been in prison since 2009.
The Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said after the announcement of her release that it was a sign the Parole Board is in need of changes, as his attempt to block her release had failed.
Mr Raab said:"Tracey Connelly’s cruelty was pure evil, which is why I strongly opposed her release. The decision to let her out demonstrates why the Parole Board needs a fundamental overhaul, including a ministerial block, to protect the public and keep dangerous offenders off our streets.”
Baby P was reported at the time to have suffered more than 50 horrifying injuries at his home in Tottenham, north London, in the eight months leading to his death. Tracey has previously released from prison before but subsequently recalled after breaching the terms of her licence, MirrorOnline reports.
Connelly was first jailed for a minimum of five years in 2009 and was released in 2013. But she was recalled to prison in 2015 allegedly for breaching her licence and selling naked photos of herself and ‘developing intimate personal relationships’ online.
In March this year the Parole Board announced she had been cleared for release due to a low risk of reoffending. She will be subject to 20 licence conditions, including having to wear an electronic tag and having to disclose all her relationships.
Her son was on the at-risk register and had 60 visits from social workers, police officers and health professionals in the eight months before his death. His horrific injuries included a broken back, fractured shinbone, damage to the head, blackened fingers and toes from cigarette burns.
Connelly’s lover Steven Barker was jailed in 2009 for a minimum of 32 years for torturing the 17-month-old to death while his brother, Jason Owen, received a six year jail sentence for allowing the toddler to die.
