‘I was a bad parent’: Baby P’s mother says nothing ‘justifies or excuses’ her abusive behaviour

Tracey Connelly was recalled to prison after failing to disclose an online relationship with a man - (Metropolitan Police)

Baby P’s mother has told a parole hearing she was a “bad mother” to her children, and that they “deserved a whole lot better than me”.

Tracey Connelly, now in her forties, was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Haringey, north London, on 3 August 2007.