Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P
(Picture: PA Media)Baby P’s mum Tracey Connelly will be released from prison, the Parole Board ruled on Wednesday.
This decision means she could be free to walk the streets within weeks.
The 40-year-old was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son at their home in Tottenham, north London, on August 3 in 2007.
The Parole Board said on Wednesday: “After considering the circumstances of her offending and time on licence, the progress made while in custody, the evidence presented at the hearing and the recommendations of the witnesses, the panel was satisfied that Ms Connelly was suitable for release.”
Mr Raab told the Commons: “In light of the Parole Board’s direction to release Tracey Connelly, I should inform the House that having carefully read the decision, I have decided to apply to the Parole Board to seek their reconsideration.”
Baby P suffered more than 50 injuries. The latest decision was meant to be made last year but it had been delayed for more reports and information.
At the time, she was handed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) with a minimum term of five years.
Connelly was let out on licence in 2013 but she was later recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions.
This was her fourth review by the Parole Board since she was put behind bars.
Connelly was refused her bid for freedom in Parole hearings in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
In 2020, she lost an appeal against the Parole Board decision at the time not to release her.
