Overview

• A Parole Board member approved Tracey Connelly’s request for a rare public two-day hearing in October to review her parole application.
• Official psychological assessments conclude she poses a high and imminent risk to children, though her current risk of violence is judged low.
• Connelly’s mental health has stabilised following offence-related bullying and aggression she experienced after her latest recall.
• She has been recalled to custody twice for breaching licence conditions since her first release in 2013, most recently in September 2024.
• Connelly received an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of five years at the Old Bailey in 2009 after pleading guilty to causing or allowing the death of her son Peter.