Baby P’s mother released from jail on licence

Connelly is understood to have been freed on Tuesday – the same day it was revealed that former child protection boss Sharon Shoesmith will receive a payout of up to £600,000 over her unfair dismissal following the tragedy.

Connelly, who was jailed indefinitely with a minimum of five years in May 2009 for causing or allowing her son Peter’s death, went free after the Parole Board recommended her release on licence following a second review of her case. She had been held at Low Newton jail, near Durham, it is believed.

Ms Shoesmith was fired from her £133,000-a-year job by Haringey Council in London without compensation in 2008 after a report from regulator Ofsted exposed that her department failed to protect 17-month-old Peter – then known publicly as Baby P.

The toddler died on August 3, 2007 with more than 50 injuries, despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals over eight months.