BABY P, whose real name was Peter Connelly was brutally abused and killed at just 17-months-old.
His vile mum Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend Steven Barker and his brother Jason Owen were all legally responsible for his death.
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Where are Baby P’s killers now?
Baby P’s brutal killing in 2007 shocked the nation after it emerged there were 60 missed opportunities to save him.
Little Peter suffered more than 50 injuries during an eight-month campaign of cruelty in Haringey, North London.
He had been seen 60 times by healthcare professionals and social workers.
Peter’s nightmare began when mum Tracey Connelly invited her new boyfriend Steven Barker to move in during November 2006.
Just months later, a GP noticed bruises on his face and chest and the youngster was placed in the care of a family friend.
The brief break from his abusers ended in January 2007 when he returned home and was later admitted to hospital on two occasions.
Connelly was arrested after medics found Peter was suffering from injuries including two black eyes and swelling on the side of the head.
Despite her arrest, Peter’s ordeal was worsened when Barker’s brother, Jason Owen, moved into the home with a 15-year-old girl.
Social workers visited the house but his evil attackers smeared his face with chocolate to hide his bruises.
On August 3, 2007, Baby P was found dead in his bloodstained cot – just one day after police told Connelly she would not be prosecuted.
A post mortem later revealed he had swallowed a tooth after being punched, was missing fingernails and was suffering from a broken back.
His mother Tracey Connelly, her then-boyfriend Steven Barker and Barker’s brother Jason Owen were charged with causing or allowing Baby P’s death.
Tracey Connelly
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Baby P’s mother Tracey Connelly received a minimum sentence of five years.
Courts granted her request for parole on March 30, 2022 although a release date was not immediately set.
This was only the latest in a string of requests.
In fact, she was actually let out of jail in 2013 after a judge decided she was no longer a threat.
But she scuppered her chances at freedom by selling nude photos on the internet – a violation of her release terms.
Back to jail she went until finally earning her release once more in 2022.
Connelly notoriously ran up more than £500,000 in public Legal Aid fees in an attempt to prove her innocence during the Baby P trial, before making a last-minute guilty plea.
She later spent a further £14,000 in public money as part of a fruitless endeavour to regain custody of her three older daughters from behind bars.
On May 5, 2022, the Parole Board announced that she will be released from prison despite the Government challenge against it.
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab asked the Parole Board to review this decision as her actions were “pure evil” and that after this decision, the board “needs a fundamental overhaul – including a ministerial check for the most serious offenders.”
The vile mum is now back behind bars after breaching the terms of that licence, which included 20 conditions.
She was recalled to prison in September 2024.
A HM Prison and Probation Service spokesperson said: “Offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions and we do not hesitate to recall them to prison if they break the rules.”
It is not clear what violation Connelly made to land herself back behind bars.
Since her release, Connelly is understood to have been sharing details of her weight loss under a fake name.
She signed up to Weight Watchers as a reality TV fan – detailing her journey after she previously ballooned to 20 stone in jail.
The evil mum posted updates -including gym snaps – in a warped bid to make pals without revealing her vile past.
Steven Barker
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Connelly began dating Steven Barker when Baby P was two months old.
Courts heard Connelly had posted on social media that she was “madly in love with the most amazing guy” in the last few weeks of Baby P’s life.
The courts gave Barker the longest sentence related to Baby P’s death.
Barker received a minimum prison term of 12 years.
Around the same time, he received a 10-year sentence for raping a two-year-old girl in a separate case.
He remains incarcerated as the Parole Board felt he has “refused to confront his crimes”.
It was rumoured in March 2024 that he would make a new appeal for parole – only days after what would have been Baby P’s 18th birthday, The Mirror reported.
This would be Barker’s fifth attempt at parole after his last request was denied after he failed to partake in mental treatment programmes.
One source told The Mirror: “Barker is hellbent on being released. He has had a string of hearings so far and will argue he has not caused problems in prison. But the thought of him being released is sickening.”
Jason Owen
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Barker’s older brother, Jason Owen, moved into the Connelly home with a 15-year-old girl weeks before Baby P’s death.
He was in his late 30s at the time.
He and Barker had previously been accused of assaulting their grandmother but she died before the case went to court.
He received a minimum three-year sentence connected to Baby P’s death.
He went to jail in 2009 but walked in 2011 – only to go back in 2013 due to a parole violation.
He was spotted between jail stints but appears to have been granted a new identity to protect him from vigilante justice.
The MailOnline previously revealed he had become an online personal trainer, posting content on YouTube.
He is no longer on licence and cannot be monitored by the authorities.
