Paula Hudgell had been dreading a certain phone call for weeks. She had been expecting a probation officer to tell her that the woman jailed for crippling her little boy Tony was back on the streets.
Instead, her fears turned to joy as a Cabinet Minister rang to assure her that the monster would stay locked up instead.
Evil Jody Simpson had been due out on Friday after being jailed for 10 years for abusing her own six-week-old son.
