Mother of Baby P to face public parole hearing in October

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The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, is due to face a public parole hearing later this year after a judge concluded “there can be no doubt that there is a substantial public interest” in the case.

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00:00Now, 44-year-old Tracy Connolly, the mother of baby P, was jailed in 2009 for causing

00:07or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Tottenham.

00:14On August 3, 2007, the death of 17-month-old Peter Connolly came after months of abuse

00:22and a number of serious safeguarding failures.

00:26Connolly left prison in July of 2022 after the parole board ruled she was suitable for

00:33release in March that year, having rejected three previous bids in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

00:41Her release was despite the panel highlighting concerns over Connolly's ability to manipulate

00:47and deceive and hearing evidence of how she had become embroiled in prison romances.

00:53The parole board received two applications for October's review to be held in public,

01:02which described Connolly's landmark case as one of the most high-profile and devastating

01:10child protection failures in UK history, which permanently altered the conversation around

01:19safeguarding.

01:20It was argued that the public still does not have access to the real details, citing

01:27that previous decisions around parole and recall have been made in private, and a public hearing

01:35would provide crucial context to a case that remains deeply significant to the public.

01:43To be continued...

01:44To be continued...

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