Parole Board judges could rule within days on a Government bid to keep the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, behind bars. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab pledged in March to appeal against the board's recommendation to free Tracey Connelly from prison.
Connelly was jailed at the Old Bailey in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Tottenham, north London, on August 3, 2007. Now 40, this was her fourth parole review after she was released on licence in 2013 but recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions by "developing intimate personal relationships" online and inciting another resident at her accommodation to engage in "inappropriate sexualised behaviour".
The Parole Board, which is independent of government, received a formal request to review the decision under the so-called reconsideration mechanism last week and said this would be looked at "as soon as possible" by senior judges. It is understood a ruling is expected on Thursday.
