Mother of Baby P can be released from prison, Parole Board says

The mother of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P, can be freed from prison ‘within weeks’, the Parole Board has announced today.

Tracey Connelly was jailed indefinitely with a minimum term of five years in 2009 over the death of her seventeen-month-old son, who died after suffering more than fifty injuries following months of abuse.

However, just over a decade after her sentencing, the Parole Board has said that Connelly can be released from HMP & YOI Low Newton in County Durham.

A spokesperson said: “We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Tracey Connolly following an oral hearing.

“Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.

“Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”

When released, Connelly will have to undergo twenty-four-hour GPS tracking and provide the details of any people she becomes romantically involved with, according to The Sun.

She will also be required to away from drugs and alcohol, as well as face frequent lie detector tests to prove she isn’t re-offending.

Connelly was initially released in 2013 on a lifelong licence, but recalled to jail in 2015 after she breached its terms by selling nude photographs of herself on the internet.

Baby P was found dead in his home in north London on August 3rd 2007 with fifty injuries inflicted by Connelly, her partner Steven Barker and his brother Jason Owen.

His horrific injuries included a snapped spine and eight broken ribs.

Baby P died while being on the at-risk register, which saw him receive sixty visits from social workers, police and health professionals during the final eight months of his life.