Tracy Connelly, Baby P’s mother who died after months of abuse, has been released from prison, the Justice Department has confirmed.
Now 40, Connelly was jailed in the Old Bailey in 2009 for causing or permitting the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Tottenham, up north Londonon August 3, 2007.
She was released on parole in 2013, but was recalled to prison in 2015 for violating her parole.
In March, the Parole Board decided Connelly was eligible for release – after rejecting three previous bids in 2015, 2017 and 2019 – after hearing she is now considered to be at ‘low risk of committing another offence’. and that probation officers and prison officials supported the plan.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Dominic Raab subsequently asked the board, which is independent from the government, to re-examine the decision as part of the so-called reconsideration mechanism.
But the Parole Board announced that the application had been rejected and that the original decision was upheld.
Mr Raab said: ‘Tracey Connelly’s cruelty was pure evil, which is why I was vehemently against her release.
“The decision to release her shows why the probation service needs a major overhaul, including a ministerial blockade, to protect the public and keep dangerous offenders off our streets.”
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