Overview

• A judge approved Tracey Connelly’s first parole review since her second recall to prison for licence breaches, scheduling it for October 22–23 at an unconfirmed venue.
• Her continued custody follows a recall in August 2024 after she breached licence conditions imposed on her July 2022 release.
• Two applications argued that the Baby P case stands as a landmark child protection failure that permanently altered safeguarding conversations.
• Connelly’s lawyers cautioned that exposing her identity risks her safety and could aggravate her PTSD, anxiety and depression.
• Judge Peter Rook KC said holding the hearing in public will reassure the public about the rigor of the Parole Board’s risk assessment and supervision arrangements.