Law chiefs are considering complaints that the sentence imposed on the mother of tragic Star Hobson was too lenient.
Frankie Smith, 20, got eight years for allowing the death of a child but could be out in as little as four.
A judge reduced her sentence to account for the “burden” of knowing she played a significant role in the death of the 16-month-old.
Smith’s partner Savannah Brockhill, 28, was jailed for a minimum 25 years for murder. The pair’s ex- babysitter is among those urging an increase in Smith’s sentence.
Hollie Jones, 18, who was first to alert social services, said: “Four years for a child’s death. It’s absolutely pathetic. She was Star’s mother at the end of the day and she could have saved her.
“It was her responsibility to keep her safe and she decided not to.
“In my eyes she was worse than Brockhill, she was the mother.”
But Smith’s grandfather, David Fawcett, fears she will die in prison if given longer in prison. He said: “She will struggle. She was on suicide watch before the trial.
“In May she was saying ‘My life is over, I have lost my Star’.”
Star died after being stamped on or punched at her home in Keighley, West Yorks, after months of “neglect, cruelty and injury”.
The Attorney General’s office confirmed it had received complaints about both sentences.
It said it was at the first stage of considering a review under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
