Baby P's mother makes yet another bid for freedom 19 years after her toddler son died following campaign of horrific abuse

The monster mother of Baby P is set to make another bid for freedom 19 years after her son was tortured to death.

Tracey Connelly was given an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of five years in 2009 after covering up her 17-month-old son Peter's injuries caused by her twisted lover.

Known publicly as Baby P, the toddler was found dead in a blood-splattered cot at his home in Tottenham, north London, on August 3, 2007, after sustaining more than 50 injuries, including a snapped spine and eight broken ribs.

The tot had been on the at-risk register and had received 60 visits from social workers, police officers and health professionals over eight months.

Two public parole hearings took place for Connelly last October, but the case was adjourned until this week.

The twisted mother was recalled to prison in 2024 after she started a relationship with a man she met online without telling officials supervising her. 

Experts said she kept the relationship secret because Connelly wanted to 'feel nice and feel good about herself and didn't want to lose that'.

It was said Connelly knew she had crossed a line that would lead to her being recalled to prison but decided she 'may as well enjoy it while it lasts'.

Tracey Connelly (pictured), 44, will face a two day public parole hearing after being put back behind bars for breaking the conditions of her release

The wounds Peter (pictured) suffered included a broken back, broken ribs, mutilated fingertips, and missing fingernails

The hearing on Tuesday will be livestreamed from the prison, where the panel will decide whether to release her or transfer her to an open prison. 

Connelly, now in her 40s, told one of the October hearings that she would be a risk to children in her care.

'Given how bad I was at it, I have to always accept that there is always a risk if I am left looking after children, which I can't see ever being the case,' she said.

Her then-boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother, Jason Owen, were convicted of the same crime as her.

Giving evidence off camera, she said she 'knew deep down' that Barker was abusing her son, but she wanted her Prince Charming – and her children 'paid for that'.

The hearing was told by her prison offender manager that Connelly had deleted material from her phone to avoid officials finding out about her relationship, which led to her second recall.

Connelly had failed to disclose to social services that others were living in the house after her partner and his brother moved into the home, and a Parole Board hearing in 2013 said she had been keen to preserve her intimate relationships at all costs.

Connelly accepted that she 'lied' to professionals supervising her about the relationship she had started, but insisted that she has developed trust with officials since being recalled. 

A psychologist told the other hearing that the prisoner could be deceiving the parole panel.

However, the psychologist also said they had 'not seen any evidence' that Connelly was being 'disingenuous or deceitful', and that she meets the test for release from prison.

Parole hearings are usually held in private, but a judge previously approved applications for Connelly's review to be heard in public, concluding 'there can be no doubt that there is a substantial public interest' in the case.

Connelly sought, alongside her lover Steven Barker (pictured) and his brother Jason Owen, to cover up the injuries inflicted on the youngster - missed by social service and health workers

Barker's brother, Jason Owen, (pictured) received a six-year jail sentence for allowing the toddler to die

A series of reviews identified missed opportunities for officials to save Baby Peter's life had they reacted properly to warning signs.

Connelly had admitted the offence of causing or allowing the death of her son and was handed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of five years.

Connelly left prison in July 2022 after the Parole Board ruled she was suitable for release in March that year – after hearing she was considered to be at 'low risk of committing a further offence' and that probation officers and prison officials supported the plan.

This was despite the panel highlighting concerns over Connelly's ability to manipulate and deceive, and hearing evidence of how she had become embroiled in prison romances and traded secret love letters with an inmate.

Then-justice secretary Dominic Raab appealed against the decision, but a judge rejected his bid to keep her behind bars.

Previous Parole Board reports heard the manipulative mother was too preoccupied with sex to think about her son. 

The parole hearing is Connelly's seventh review for release and second review since she was recalled back to prison.

Connelly has struggled to stay out of prison since her initial release in 2013, having repeatedly breached her licence conditions. 

She had previously been released on licence in 2013 but was recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions.

Officials rejected three previous bids in 2015, 2017 and 2019 for Connelly to be released.