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Baby P’s mum Tracey Connelly FREED after seven year jail term
– and starts new life in secret bail hostel
BABY P's evil mum Tracey Connelly has walked free from prison for the first time in SEVEN years.
Tom Wells
17:59, 7 Jul 2022
The monster, 40, was driven under cover of darkness from HMP Low Newton, Co Durham, on Wednesday to a secret bail hostel to begin her new life.
She will now begin her latest attempt at rehabilitation under some of the toughest licence conditions on record. Connelly’s every move will be monitored by probation chiefs. And any breach of her release terms could see her sent straight back to jail.
Sources say Connelly had mulled over a makeover to help her slip back into society unnoticed.
Similar moves were made to aid monster mum Karen Matthews in 2012 - leading to The Sun’s front page headline, ‘Devil in Disguise’.
But she is understood to have opted against it, partly because her distinctive frame still tips the scales at more than 18 stone.
Connelly was released after a last-ditch appeal by ministers failed. Deputy PM Dominic Raab had asked a judge to overturn the Parole Board's "irrational" ruling. But his bid was thrown out.
Furious Mr Raab blasted the decision at the time, vowing to "overhaul" the entire parole system.
Speaking tonight, Deputy PM and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab told The Sun: “Tracey Connelly’s cruelty was pure evil, which is why I strongly opposed her release.
“The decision to let her out demonstrates why the Parole Board needs a fundamental overhaul, including a ministerial block, to protect the public and keep dangerous offenders off our streets.”
Connelly, who was jailed over the 2007 death of 17-month-old Peter, won her parole bid in March.
Mr Raab had demanded the Parole Board reconsider its "irrational" decision. His lawyers pointed to the panel had given too much weight to the controls that could be imposed on Connelly once free.
And they argued the Board had failed to provide "sufficient reasons" for its ruling. But a judge threw out the appeal, citing witnesses who backed Connelly's release.
A Parole Board spokesman said at the time: "Following the reconsideration application from the Secretary of State, a judge has ruled that the decision made by independent Parole Board members to release was not irrational, as stated in the reconsideration application, and the original decision is upheld."
Connelly's parole bid was her fourth since being recalled to prison in February 2015. She lost appeals in 2015, 2017 and 2019, with officials finding she still posed a threat to the public.
And what is it that makes them think she is no longer a threat?
Connelly was given an indefinite term with a minimum of five years in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of Peter in Tottenham, North London, in August 2007.
He had suffered 50 injuries and months of abuse at the hands of his mum, stepdad Steven Barker and Barker's brother, Jason Owen.
Blunders by social workers and medics meant warning signs were not acted on to save his life.
Female supply teacher, 28, arrested for grooming boy for sex
as school sends warning letter to parents
Jacob Bentley-York
17:01, 4 May 2022
A FEMALE supply teacher has appeared in court after being accused of grooming a schoolboy for sex.
Ammy Singleton, 28, from Port Augusta, Australia is accused of inappropriately communicating with a child between November 1 and 30 last year.
Ammy Singleton, 28, has appeared in court charged with sex offences
Police arrested the woman on December 23 before she first appeared in court on February 14 on sex offence charges.
Port Augusta West Primary School principal David Lawton issued a letter to parents to inform them that Ms Singleton has worked at the school for one day in July, 2020.
Mr Lawton stressed that the alleged sex offence took place with a student from a different school.
“Police have advised the Department for Education they do not have any objections to the department informing the school community," he wrote.
“This incident does not involve any students at our school and the information available to the school suggests there is no need for any concern for any children at our school.
“Ms Singleton has bail conditions that prevent her from engaging in any child-related work. If you have any concerns about the safety and welfare of your child, please feel free to contact me directly at the school.”
Ms Singleton is due to appear in court in Port Augusta again on July 20.
No further details on the case have been released by South Australian police.
My rapist stepdad was jailed for just seven years, he ruined my life
– justice has not been done
Thomas Brown, Stuart Patterson
8:09, 11 Jul 2022
Scottish Sun
A TEENAGER has slammed the sentence handed to her rapist stepdad after he was jailed for just seven years.
Rebekah Simpson - targeted by depraved James Freeman, 50, when she was just 10 - said: “Justice has not been done."
Rebekah said her rapist stepdad ruined her life and 'justice has not been done' Credit: Jasperimage
James Freeman was convicted of raping stepdaughter Rebekah when she was just 10 Credit: Collect
Beautiful girl, could be a stunt double for Emma Stone.
She bravely reported him to police and last month he was convicted for the abuse that include two charges of rape.
Earlier this week, the beast watched court proceedings from his jail via a monitor as he was sentenced to serve seven years in jail.
But Rebekah, now 19, who waived her right to anonymity, said: “He should have been jailed for longer.
“I have to live with the life sentence he has given me but he will be out in just seven years, that’s not justice. He could easily be back out on the streets in a few years to get on with the rest of his life. It’s just not fair.
“I was told he would get a substantial sentence and this isn’t nearly large enough for what he has done. He deserves to go to prison but it should be for longer.
“It’s not good enough. This man has ruined my life and ripped my family apart. He took my innocence away and left me with painful physical medical conditions as well as the trauma of the abuse.
“I feel let down by this, it doesn’t feel like justice has been done. I have to live with all this for the rest of my life now - that’s my sentence - it will be with me forever.”
Manipulative Freeman wed Rebekah’s mum in 2014 and took care of her as her unwell mother was in and out of hospital.
We told how he preyed on the vulnerable schoolgirl and sexually abused her before raping her at family homes in Aberdeen and Banff, Aberdeenshire.
When she finally reported Freeman to cops she was too scared to go home and stayed with a foster family then moved to a care home for months.
Passing sentence the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Simon Collins QC, said: “You were convicted of three charges of sexual assault following trial.
“Your actions showed that you groomed her and your actions also show that you are responsible for a gross and prolonged violation of the position of trust that you had found yourself in.
“Clearly a custodial sentence is the only appropriate disposal available to this court.”
Freeman will be supervised for three years once he is released and will be on the Sex Offenders Register for the rest of his life.
Boy, 14, GUILTY of murdering ‘loving family man’ dad-of-three
who confronted gang of yobs who abused his daughter
Alex Winter
12:05, 11 Jul 2022
The Scottish Sun
A TEENAGE boy has been found guilty of the murder of a dad-of-three who confronted the youth after his daughter was taunted.
James Markham, 45, was stabbed in the back, armpit and chest by the boy, who had already been banned from the area by a criminal behaviour order.
The victim, 45, dashed to help daughter Chloe, pictured with wife Candice - Credit: Facebook / Candice Roberts
James Markham was killed when he went to confront a gang of youths in London - Credit: Met Police
The Old Bailey was told the neighbourhood in Chingford, East London had become a hotspot for antisocial behaviour.
Stone mason Mr Markham grabbed a drill bit and went out to confront the group of youths in August last year after daughter Chloe was verbally abused.
A Met Police spokesman said: "A member of James's family saw a dispute, but her view was restricted and she hadn't realised it was James who the teenagers were arguing with.
"James had approached the group with a drill bit in an apparent attempt to scare them off.
"One of the group advanced, armed with a knife, and the pair began swinging at each other. James was struck three times - in the back, armpit and chest. The latter injury pierced his lung and would prove fatal.
"A member of the public who had tried to intervene came to James's aid as the teenager and the rest of the group fled the scene.
"James's frantic family rushed down from their home to try to help him."
Cops who dashed to the scene began CPR. Despite their efforts, Mr Markham couldn't be saved. Witnesses later said his wife Candice's screams could be heard throughout the street as he died in her arms.
The killer teen had dropped his phone as he ran. He was quickly arrested, making no comment in police interviews. The boy, now 15, cannot be named for legal reasons. He will be sentenced on August 26.
He was also convicted of possession of an offensive weapon.
Mrs Markham told the Mirror after her husband's death that gangs of teens had been terrorising Chingford "just doing what they like".
"There's no police. They're kids - 14 and 15," she said.
“My daughter didn’t know them, one of her friends knew one of them from school.”
Detective Inspector John Marriot of the Met said: "James was a loving family man who leaves behind a partner and three children.
"That day they were met with a horrific scenario that no family should have to endure. I hope this conviction will provide them with some small measure of comfort as they continue to grieve James."
He said the killer should "never have been in the area" in the first place after being handed a Criminal Behaviour Order, which he had repeatedly flouted.
How many miscreants actually obey Criminal Behaviour Orders? And what are the consequences if they don't?
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