Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Known publicly as Baby P, he had suffered more than 50 injuries, despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police officers and health professionals over eight months.
asserted
he → know → months
Two public parole hearings took place for Connelly last October, but the case was adjourned.
asserted
case → take → Connelly
They were the first reviews since she was recalled to prison for a second time, in August 2024, which the panel heard came after she started a relationship with a man she met online without telling officials supervising her.
asserted
she → recall → her
Tuesday’s hearing will be livestreamed on a video feed from the prison, and panel members will assess the risk of releasing her or recommend she is transferred to open prison conditions.
Connelly, now in her 40s, told one of the October hearings that she would be a risk to children in her care.
asserted
she → livestreame → care
“Given how bad I was at it, I have to always accept that there is always a risk if I am left looking after children, which I can’t see ever being the case,” she said.
asserted
she → give → children
Her then-boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother, Jason Owen, were convicted of the same crime as her.
asserted
boyfriend → convict → her
Giving evidence off camera, said she “knew deep down” that Barker was abusing her son, but she wanted her Prince Charming – and her children “paid for that”.
asserted
children → give → that
Connelly also accepted that she “lied” to professionals supervising her about the relationship she had started, but insisted that she has developed trust with officials since being recalled.
asserted
she → accept → officials
A psychologist told the other hearing that the prisoner could be deceiving the parole panel.
However, the psychologist also said they had “not seen any evidence” that Connelly was being “disingenuous or deceitful”, and that she meets the test for release from prison.
uncertain
she → tell → prison
Parole hearings are usually held in private, but a judge previously approved applications for Connelly’s review to be heard in public, concluding “there can be no doubt that there is a substantial public interest” in the case.
asserted
review → hold → case
A series of reviews identified missed opportunities for officials to save Baby Peter’s life had they reacted properly to warning signs.
asserted
they → identify → signs
Connelly had admitted the offence of causing or allowing the death of her son and was handed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of five years.
asserted
Connelly → admit → years
Connelly left prison in July 2022 after the Parole Board ruled she was suitable for release in March that year – after hearing she was considered to be at “low risk of committing a further offence” and that probation officers and prison officials supported the plan.
asserted
officers → leave → plan
This was despite the panel highlighting concerns over Connelly’s ability to manipulate and deceive, and hearing evidence of how she had become embroiled in prison romances and traded secret love letters with an inmate.
asserted
she → highlight → inmate
Then-justice secretary Dominic Raab appealed against the decision, but a judge rejected his bid to keep her behind bars.
asserted
judge → appeal → bars
She had previously been released on licence in 2013 but was recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions.
asserted
She → release → conditions
Officials rejected three previous bids in 2015, 2017 and 2019 for Connelly to be released.
asserted
Connelly → reject → 2015
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