Baby P’s mother, who died after months of abuse in 2007, has been released from prison.
Tracey Connelly was jailed at Old Bailey in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at her home in Tottenham, north London, on 3 August 2007.
On Thursday the Ministry of Justice confirmed his release from prison.
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Justice Dominic Raab condemned the decision and said it was proof that the parole system needed a “fundamental overhaul”.
In March, the Parole Board decided Connelly was fit to be released, after rejecting three previous offers in 2015, 2017 and 2019, after hearing that she was now considered to have “low risk of committing one more crime ”and that probation officers and prison officials supported. the Plan.
She was released on leave in 2013, but was returned to prison in 2015 for violating her parole conditions.
Raab said: “Tracey Connelly’s cruelty was pure evil, which is why I strongly opposed her release. The decision to let her out shows why the Parole Board needs a fundamental overhaul, including a ministerial bloc, to protect the public and keep dangerous criminals out of our streets. “
Raab had asked the board, which is independent of the government, to reconsider the decision under the so-called reconsideration mechanism. His request was denied.
A spokesman for the Parole Board said in a statement at the time: “Following the Secretary of State’s request for reconsideration, a judge has ruled that the decision by independent members of the Parole Board to release it was not irrational, as indicated in the request for reconsideration, and the original decision is upheld ”.
Connelly, 40, will be subject to restrictions on her movements, activities and contact, and faces an additional 20 license terms.
It includes living in a specified address (initially a hostel on bail) being supervised on parole, carrying an electronic tag, complying with the curfew, and having to disclose your relationships.
He will be monitored for his use of the internet and a telephone, and has been told he cannot go to certain places to “avoid contact with victims and protect children.”