Yahoo News Baby P’s mother must spend at least two more years in jail after her parole is refused
The mother of Baby P will be behind bars for at least another two years after a Parole Board said she remained a danger to the public.
Tracey Connelly had hoped to be freed in time for Christmas but the 35-year-old’s release has been denied over safety concerns.
As a result, the earliest date she will be released will be in 2019.
A spokesman told MailOnline: “We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board has not directed the release of Tracey Connelly.
“Under current legislation Ms Connelly will be eligible for a further review within two years.”
Connelly was jailed in 2009 for allowing her partner and his brother to torture her 17-month-old son Peter to death in Haringey, north London.
She was released on licence in October 2013 but she was later recalled to HMP Styal in Cheshire 18 months later, after she was accused of selling indecent images of herself.
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Connelly’s parole was rejected in 2015 after they ruled she was still a risk to public safety.
She is currently in HMP Low Newton, County Durham, after she was moved from HMP Styal.
Baby Peter was found dead in 2007 in his blood-stained cot at his mother’s flat after 60 visits from social workers and police.
He had been tortured by Connelly’s partner, Steven Barker, and his paedophile brother, Jason Owen, over an eight-month period.
Owen and Barker were found guilty of ‘causing or allowing the death of a child’ while Connelly had pleaded guilty to the charge.
Barker was jailed for 12 years for the Baby P case, as well as a life sentence for raping a two-year-old girl.
Owen was also jailed indefinitely and ordered to serve three years minimum.
