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{{Short description|2007 death in London}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Killing of Peter Connelly
| image =
| caption =
| date =
| time =
| location = London, England
| coordinates =
| type = [[Child homicide]], [[child abuse]]
| motive =
| fatalities =
| perpetrators = {{plainlist|
*Steven Barker
*Tracey Connelly
*Jason Owen}}
| victim = Peter Connelly, {{aka}}  Baby P
| verdict = *Barker [[Acquittal|not guilty]] of murder
*All [[Guilt (law)|guilty]] of causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person
| charges = '''Barker:''' [[Murder in English law|Murder]] '''Barker, Connelly, Owen:''' Causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person
{{Infobox event
| title =
| child = yes
| sentence = '''Barker:''' [[Life imprisonment]] with the possibility of [[parole]] after 10 years '''Connelly:''' [[Indefinite imprisonment]] with a minimum of 5 years (released after 13 years) '''Owen:''' Indefinite imprisonment with a minimum of 3 years (released early after 2 years)
}}
}}

'''Peter Connelly''' (also known as "'''Baby P'''", "'''Child A'''",<ref>{{cite web|title=The Case of Child A |url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/latest_news/childa.htm |publisher=Haringey Council |date=2008-11-12 |access-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208061525/http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/latest_news/childa.htm |archive-date=8 December 2008 }}</ref> and "'''Baby Peter'''", 1 March 2006 – 3 August 2007) was a 17-month-old British boy who was killed in London in 2007 after suffering more than fifty injuries over an eight-month period, during which he was repeatedly seen by the [[London Borough of Haringey]] Children's services and [[National Health Service]] (NHS) health professionals. Baby P's real first name was revealed as "Peter" on the conclusion of a subsequent trial of Peter's mother's boyfriend on a charge of raping a two-year-old.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby P man guilty of raping girl |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8029499.stm |work=BBC News |date=2009-05-01 |access-date=2009-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Duncan |last=Campbell |author2=Sam Jones |author3=David Brindle |title=50 injuries, 60 visits – failures that led to the death of Baby P |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/nov/12/baby-p-child-protection-haringey |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2008-11-12 |access-date=2008-11-12 | location=London}}</ref> His full identity was revealed when his killers were named after the expiry of a court anonymity order on 10 August 2009.<ref name="BBCNames">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8194235.stm |title=Couple behind Baby P death named |work=BBC News |date=10 August 2009 |access-date=10 August 2009}}</ref>

The case caused shock and concern among the public and in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]], partly because of the magnitude of Peter's injuries, and partly because Peter had lived in the London Borough of Haringey, [[North London]], under the same [[child welfare]] authorities that failed seven years earlier in the [[murder of Victoria Climbié]],<ref name="White">{{cite news |title=Squabble over Baby P was not the Commons at its best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/nov/12/pmqs-baby-p |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2008-11-12 |first=Michael |last=White |access-date=2008-11-12 | location=London}}</ref> which had been investigated by a [[public inquiry]] resulting in measures being put in place in an effort to prevent similar cases.

Peter's mother Tracey Connelly, her partner Steven Barker, and Jason Owen (later revealed to be Barker's brother)<ref name="BBCNames"/> were all convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child, Connelly having pleaded guilty to the charge.<ref name="BBCGuilty">{{cite news |title=Men found guilty of baby's death |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7706598.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-11 |access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref> A [[court order]] issued by the [[High Court of Justice|High Court in England]] had prevented the publication of the identity of Baby P; this was lifted on 1 May 2009 by Justice Coleridge. An order sought by Haringey Council to stop publication of the identities of his mother and her boyfriend was granted,<ref>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Gammell |title=Baby P: the battle to name his mother Tracey Connelly and her boyfriend Steven Barker |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2009-08-11 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/6005665/Baby-P-the-battle-to-name-his-mother-Tracey-Connelly-and-her-boyfriend-Steven-Barker.html | location=London}}</ref> but expired on 10 August 2009.<ref name="BBCNames"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mum, stepdad jailed for Baby P's death|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25525761-38200,00.html |first=Guy |last=Jackson |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=2009-05-23}}</ref>

The child protection services of Haringey and other agencies were widely criticised. Following the conviction, three inquiries and a nationwide review of social service care were launched, and the Head of Children's Services at Haringey was removed at the direction of the government minister. Another nationwide review was conducted by [[Herbert Laming, Baron Laming|Lord Laming]] into his own recommendations concerning the murder of Victoria Climbié in 2000.<ref name="BBCSummary">{{cite news |title=What we know of the Baby P case |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7733627.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-17 |access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref> The death was also the subject of debate in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref name="White"/>

==Biography==
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Connelly
| image = BabyP.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Peter Connelly
| birth_date = {{birth date|2006|3|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date|2007|8|3|df=yes}} (aged {{age for infant|2006|3|1|2007|8|3}})<ref name=guardian12nov2008>{{cite news
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/nov/12/child-protection-crime-baby-p
| title = Sixty missed chances to save baby 'used as a punchbag'
| newspaper = [[The Guardian]]
| date = 2008-11-12
| author = Sam Jones
| access-date = 2008-11-12
| location=London
}}</ref>
| death_place = London, England
| death_cause = [[Homicide]] ([[Spinal cord injury|spinal injury]] causing [[internal bleeding]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Baby Peter's injuries at death|date=17 June 2012 |url=https://actionagainstabuse.wordpress.com/baby-peter-connelly-01032006-17082007/peter-injuries/}}</ref>
| resting_place = [[St Pancras and Islington Cemetery]] [[East Finchley]], North London
| parents = Tracey Connelly
| other_names = Baby P, Child A, Baby Peter
}}

Peter Connelly was born to Tracey Connelly on 1 March 2006. His biological father left the family home a few months later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/baby-p-s-father-describes-his-anger-and-guilt-at-son-s-death-1689224.html|title=Baby P's father describes his anger and guilt at son's death|newspaper=The Independent|date=22 May 2009|access-date=27 March 2022}}</ref> In November, Connelly's new boyfriend Steven Barker moved in with her. In December, a [[general practitioner]] noticed [[bruise]]s on Peter's face and chest. His mother was [[arrest]]ed and Peter was put into the care of a family friend, but returned home to his mother's care in January 2007. Over the next few months, Peter was admitted to [[hospital]] on two occasions suffering from injuries including bruising, scratches and [[swelling (medical)|swelling]] on the side of the head. Connelly was arrested again in May 2007.<ref name="BBCTime">{{cite news |title=Timeline: Key events in baby case |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11626806 | work=BBC News |date=2008-11-14 |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408091318/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11626806 |archive-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2007, a [[social worker]] observed marks on Peter and informed the [[Metropolitan Police|police]]. A medical examination concluded that the bruising was the result of [[child abuse]]. On 4 June, the baby was placed with a friend for safeguarding. On 25 July, Haringey Council's Children & Young People's Service obtained [[legal advice]] which indicated that the "threshold for initiating Care Proceedings...was not met".<ref name="Haringey">{{cite web |title=Haringey Local Safeguarding Children Board, Serious Case Review "Child A" – Executive Summary |publisher=Haringey Council |date=2008-11-11 |access-date=2008-11-20 |url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/scr_executive_summary_a_-_final.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110506084827/http://www.haringey.gov.uk/scr_executive_summary_a_%2D_final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-06}}</ref>

On 1 August 2007, Peter was seen at [[St Ann's Hospital]] in North London by [[locum]] [[paediatrician]] Sabah Al-Zayyat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby P: The full health dossier |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7735063.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-18 |access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref> Serious injuries, including a [[broken back]] and [[broken rib]]s, very likely went undetected, as the [[post-mortem]] report believed these to have pre-dated Al-Zayyat's examination.<ref name=guardian12nov2008/><ref name="AlZayyat">{{cite news |title=Baby P doctor 'deeply affected' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7737809.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-19 |access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref> A day later, Connelly was informed that she would not be prosecuted.<ref name="BBCTime"/>

The next day, an [[ambulance]] was called and Peter was found in his cot, blue and clad only in a [[diaper|nappy]].<ref name="BBCTime"/> After attempts at [[resuscitation]], he was taken to [[North Middlesex Hospital]] with his mother but was pronounced dead at 12:20{{nbs}}p.m.<ref name="BABYP">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nasty-brutish-and-short-the-horrific-life-of-baby-p-1020487.html |title=Nasty, brutish and short: The horrific life of Baby P |newspaper=The Independent |date=2008-11-16 |access-date=2009-10-14 | location=London}}</ref> A post-mortem revealed he had swallowed a [[tooth]] after being punched. Other injuries included a broken back, broken ribs, mutilated fingertips, and missing [[fingernail]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby P: catalogue of failings resulted in his death |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/6007039/Baby-P-catalogue-of-failings-resulted-in-death.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2009-08-11 |access-date=2009-08-20 | location=London}}</ref>

The police immediately began a [[murder]] investigation and Peter's mother was arrested.<ref name="BABYP"/>

==Trials==
On 11 November 2008, Owen, 36, and his brother Barker, 32, were found guilty of "causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person".<ref name="BBCGuilty"/> Connelly, 27, had already pleaded guilty to this charge.<ref name="BBCGuilty"/> Earlier in the trial, Owen and Connelly had been cleared of [[murder in English law|murder]] because of insufficient evidence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two are cleared of murdering baby |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7699603.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-10-30 |access-date=2008-11-25}}</ref> Barker was found not guilty of murder by a [[jury]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Investigation called after child murder case with echoes of Climbie |newspaper=The Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5131835.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918073701/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5131835.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2011 |date=2008-11-12 |access-date=2008-11-25 | location=London | first1=Rosemary | last1=Bennett | first2=Adam | last2=Fresco}}</ref>

A second trial took place in April 2009, when Connelly and Barker, under aliases, faced charges related to the [[rape in the United Kingdom|rape]] of a two-year-old girl. The girl was also on Haringey's child protection register. Barker was found guilty of rape, while Connelly was found not guilty of [[child cruelty]] charges.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sandra Laville |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/may/01/babyp-stepfather-guilty-rape-girl |title=Baby P killer found guilty of raping two-year-old girl |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 1 May 2009|access-date=2012-02-17 |location=London}}</ref> Their [[defence lawyer]]s argued that this second trial was nearly undermined by [[blog]]gers publishing information linking them to the death of Peter, which could have prejudiced the jury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blogs threatened Baby Peter cases|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8062099.stm |work=BBC News |date=2009-05-22 |access-date=2009-05-27 | first=Jeremy | last=Britton}}</ref>

Sentencing for both trials together took place on 22 May 2009 at the [[Old Bailey]]. Connelly received a [[sentence (law)|sentence]] of indefinite [[imprisonment for public protection]], subject to a minimum term of five years. Barker was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] for the rape, with a minimum sentence of 10 years, and a 12-year sentence for his role in the death of Peter, to run concurrently. Owen was also jailed indefinitely, with a minimum term of three years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three jailed over Baby P's death |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8055340.stm |work=BBC News |date=2009-05-22 |access-date=2009-05-27}}</ref> The sentences were criticised as too lenient by the [[NSPCC]]'s chief executive,<ref>{{cite news |title=Reaction to Baby P sentences |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8063765.stm |work=BBC News |date=2009-05-22 |access-date=2009-05-27}}</ref> and the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] considered referring them to the [[Court of Appeal]] for review,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8070302.stm |title=Baby P jail terms to be reviewed |work=BBC News |date=2009-05-27 |access-date=2009-05-27}}</ref> but concluded that there was "no realistic prospect" of the Court of Appeal increasing the sentences. The three appealed against their sentences,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8211779.stm |title=Baby P three in sentence appeal |work=BBC News |date=2009-08-20 |access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> Barker against both convictions and sentences.

Owen's sentence was changed on appeal to a fixed six-year term. He was released in August 2011, but was recalled to prison in April 2013.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan |last=Woods |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10351468.baby-p-death-downham-man-jason-owen-recalled-to-prison/ |title=Baby P death: Downham man Jason Owen recalled to prison |work=News Shopper |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> Connelly was released on licence in 2013, but returned to prison in 2015 for breaching her [[parole]]; she became ineligible for review for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35193580 |title=Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly refused parole |work=BBC News|date=29 December 2015 |access-date= 29 December 2015}}</ref> Barker had an application for parole turned down in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|first=Caroline |last=Mortimer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/baby-p-stepfather-denied-parole-abuse-against-baby-boy-child-prison-sentence-release-a7872666.html |title=Baby P's stepfather denied parole following sentence for campaign of abuse against little boy |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=2 August 2017 |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> Connelly was refused parole for a third time in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-06 |title=Baby P Peter Connelly's mother Tracey denied parole for third time |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50684952 |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> In May 2022 it was reported that Connelly would be released from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Baby P's mother set to be released from prison |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61332465 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
On 7 July 2022, Connelly was given parole,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-07 |title=Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly released from prison |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62087519 |access-date=2022-07-07}}</ref> but once again breached her licence conditions and was recalled to prison in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-03 |title=Baby P: Mother Tracey Connelly back in jail after breaking licence |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl23kygrj2o |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
[[Haringey Council]] initiated an [[internal audit]] [[serious case review]] (SCR)<ref name="Haringey" /> after Peter's death. After completion of the court case, only an [[executive summary]] was released to the public. The full report was kept confidential, with only some employees of [[Haringey London Borough Council|Haringey Council]] and Haringey [[councillor]]s allowed access. The two local MPs whose constituencies cover Haringey ([[Lynne Featherstone]] and [[David Lammy]]), leader of the opposition Robert Gorrie, and opposition spokesperson for Children's Services, were asked to sign [[non-disclosure agreement]]s to view the document.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haringey Full Council Meeting 24th November Webcast |publisher=Haringey Council |date=2008-11-24 |url=http://www.haringey.ukcouncil.net/site/player/pl_compact.php?a=19839&t=0&m=wm&l=en_GB |access-date=2008-11-24 |archive-date=8 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208031227/http://www.haringey.ukcouncil.net/site/player/pl_compact.php?a=19839&t=0&m=wm&l=en_GB |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Ed Balls]] condemned the serious case review and called for a second report with an independent adjudicator.<ref name="edballs">{{cite news |title=Baby P: Ed Balls' statement in full |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/dec/01/baby-p-ed-balls-statement |first=Ed |last=Balls |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2008-12-01 |access-date=2009-10-14 | location=London}}</ref>

''The Mail on Sunday'' on 15 March 2009 reported that details of the SCR had come into its possession. The article claimed<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7944492.stm |title=Review of Baby P's death leaked |publisher=BBC |date=2009-03-15 |access-date=2009-03-17}}</ref> that the executive summary of the SCR either conflicted with or omitted details about how the case had been handled and the extent of the injuries suffered by Peter. Furthermore, there were instances of mishandling by officials, missed and delayed meetings, miscommunication among officials, and a failure to follow through with decisions related to the child's safety. It also noted among other issues that officials had not followed through with obtaining an interim care order that would have removed Peter from his home when they had agreed that legal grounds had existed for doing so six months before he died; key officials also failed to attend a 25 July 2007 meeting intended to decide if it would be necessary to remove Peter from his mother's home at that time.

===External reports and enquiries===
[[Lynne Featherstone]] MP was critical of Haringey Council, writing, "I personally met with George Meehan and Ita {{nowrap|O'Donovan{{tsp}}{{mdash}}{{tsp}}}}Haringey Council's leader and chief {{nowrap|executive{{tsp}}{{mdash}}{{tsp}}}}to raise with them three different cases, where the pattern was in each case Haringey seeming to want to blame anyone who complained rather than to look at the complaint seriously. I was promised action, but despite repeated subsequent requests for news on progress, I was just stonewalled."<ref>{{cite web|title=A litany of failure by Haringey |url=http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column222-baby-p.htm |publisher=Lynne Featherstone MP |access-date=2008-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208041118/http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column222-baby-p.htm |archive-date=8 December 2008 }}</ref>

Three council workers, including one senior lawyer, were given written warnings about their actions.<ref name="Haringey"/>

The [[General Medical Council]] (GMC) separately examined the roles of two doctors: Jerome Ikwueke, a GP, and Sabah Al-Zayyat, a paediatrician who examined Peter two days before his death. Although Ikwueke had twice referred Peter to hospital specialists, the GMC's Interim Orders Panel suspended him for 18 months.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7899828.stm |title=Second Baby P doctor is suspended |work=BBC News |date=2009-02-19 |access-date=2009-02-19}}</ref> Al-Zayyat, who has been accused of failing to spot his injuries, was suspended pending an inquiry.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7752231.stm |title=Doctor suspended in Baby P probe |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-27 |access-date=2008-11-27}}</ref> Her contract with [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], responsible for child services in Haringey, was also terminated.<ref name="AlZayyat"/>

[[Ed Balls]], Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, ordered an external inquiry into Haringey Council Social Services.<ref name="ShSmthVOfsted">{{cite BAILII |litigants=Shoesmith v Ofsted |court=EWHC |division=Admin |year=2010 |num=852 |date=23 April 2010}}</ref> The inquiry was not to examine the 'Baby P' case explicitly, but to look into whether Haringey Social Services were following correct procedures in general.<ref name="ShSmthVOfsted" /> This report was presented to ministers on 1 December 2008.<ref name="edballs"/> During a press conference that day, the Minister announced that, in an unusual move, he had used special powers to remove Sharon Shoesmith from her post as head of children's services at Haringey Council.<ref name="edballs"/> She rejected calls for her resignation, saying that she wanted to continue to support her staff during the investigations,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sacked Baby P chief defends case |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7873039.stm |work=BBC News |date=2009-02-07 |access-date=2009-03-17}}</ref> but was dismissed on 8 December 2008 by Haringey Council, without any compensation package.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/latest_news/statementonsharonshoesmith.htm |title=Statement on Sharon Shoesmith |access-date=12 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113013743/http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/latest_news/statementonsharonshoesmith.htm |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shoesmith later brought legal proceedings against Ed Balls, Ofsted, and Haringey Council, claiming that the decisions which led to her dismissal were unfair.<ref name="ShSmthVOfsted"/> The High Court dismissed this claim in April 2010, although Shoesmith was still entitled to pursue an action for unfair dismissal in an [[employment tribunal]].<ref name="ShSmthVOfsted"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8639496.stm |title=Baby Peter sacking was lawful |work=BBC News |date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2010-04-27 | first=Angela | last=Harrison}}</ref> In May 2011, Shoesmith's appeal against her dismissal succeeded in the Court of Appeal; the Department of Education and Haringey Council said they intended to appeal to the Supreme Court against this decision.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/challenge-to-sharon-shoesmith-baby-p-ruling-planned-2289874.html | location=London | newspaper=The Independent | date=2011-05-27 | title='Up to £1m payout' for Sharon Shoesmith}}</ref> Their applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court were refused on 1 August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/PTA-1108.pdf |title=Applications for Permission to Appeal |access-date=2012-02-17}}</ref> It was reported by [[BBC News]] on 29 October 2013 that Sharon Shoesmith agreed to a six-figure payout for unfair dismissal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 2013 |title=Six-figure Baby Peter sum agreed |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-24722556 |access-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>

Also announced on 1 December 2008 were the resignations of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Council leader George Meehan and councillor Liz Santry, cabinet member for Children and Young People.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7757893.stm |title=Official sacked over Baby P case |work=BBC News |date=2008-12-01 |access-date=2008-12-01}}</ref> These councillors had previously refused calls for their resignation during a 24 November council meeting.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7745275.stm |title=Baby P councillors told to resign |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-24 |access-date=2008-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Councillors survive Baby P calls |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7747249.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008-11-24 |access-date=2008-11-25}}</ref> In April 2009, the council announced that its deputy director of children's services, two other managers, and a social worker, who had been suspended pending an enquiry, had also all been dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/5245806/Baby-P-Haringey-Council-sacks-three-managers-and-a-social-worker.html |title= Baby P: Haringey Council sacks three managers and a social worker |first=Martin |last=Beckford |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2009-04-29 |access-date=2009-10-15 | location=London}}</ref>

Three further inquires were also ordered:<ref name="BBCSummary" />
* The role of all agencies involved in Peter Connelly's case, including the health authority, police and Haringey Council, would be reviewed.
* The General Social Care Council would look into potential breaches of its code of practice.
* [[Herbert Laming, Baron Laming|Lord Laming]] would conduct a nationwide review of his own recommendations after the [[Murder of Victoria Climbié|Victoria Climbié]] inquiry.

Through a lawyer acting on her behalf, a former social worker for Haringey, Nevres Kemal, sent a letter to the secretary of the Department of Health, Patricia Hewitt, in February 2007, six months before Peter's death. The letter contained an allegation that child protection procedures were not being followed in Haringey. Hewitt took no action, except to forward the letter to the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|DES]], now the [[Department for Children, Schools and Families]] (DCSF). Haringey Council then took out an [[injunction]] against Kemal, banning her from speaking about child care in Haringey. Kemal's lawyer stated, "Hewitt bounced us onto the DES... the DES then advised us to write to the [[Commission for Social Care Inspection]] whom we had written to on the same day as we had written to Hewitt, copying in the letter to Hewitt and the relevant material. By that time of course they had an injunction against us so we couldn't go back to the inspectorate. The inspectorate had been properly advised at the time and had done nothing."<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby P: Whistleblower's concerns about care scandal council 'pushed from pillar to post' |first=John |last=Bingham |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2008-11-14 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3457637/Baby-P-Whistleblowers-concerns-about-care-scandal-council-pushed-from-pillar-to-post.html |access-date=2009-10-15 | location=London}}</ref>

[[Kim Holt]], a consultant paediatrician, who worked in a clinic run by [[Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital]] at St Ann's Hospital in Haringey, north London, said she and three colleagues wrote an [[open letter]] detailing problems at the clinic in 2006. She claimed Peter could have been saved if managers had listened to fears raised by senior doctors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hospital criticised ahead of Baby P report|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/hospital-criticised-ahead-of-baby-p-report/5009338.article#.UyNqPoXBeU4|access-date=14 March 2014|newspaper=Health Service Journal|date=7 December 2009}}</ref>

==Report by Lord Laming==
Lord Laming published his report, "The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report" on 12 March 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/12_03_09_children.pdf |title=The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report |author=The Lord Laming |publisher=The Stationery Office |date=2009-03-12 |access-date=2009-03-12}}</ref> It stated that too many authorities had failed to adopt reforms introduced following his previous review into welfare following the murder of Victoria Climbié in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7940594.stm |title=Action pledged over child safety |work=BBC News |date=2009-03-12 |access-date=2009-03-12}}</ref>

==Libel action by biological father==
On 5 March 2012, Peter's biological father was awarded £75,000 in damages after ''[[The Sunday People|The People]]'' wrongly stated in its 19 September 2010 edition that he was a convicted sex offender. Lawyers for the man, known only as "KC", said that the publishers of ''The People'' were guilty of "one of the gravest [[libel]]s imaginable". Publishers [[Trinity Mirror|MGN]] had previously apologised and offered to pay damages.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17256575|title=Baby P's father gets £75k libel damages from The People|work=BBC News |date=2012-03-05|access-date=2012-03-05}}</ref>

==Survey concerning recurrence==
In September 2015, in a survey of 751 health visitors polled by the [[Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association]], 47% thought it was somewhat likely or very likely that a similar death would recur.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Baby P child death 'likely' to happen again, say health visitors |journal=Community Practitioner |date=September 2015 |page=7 |location=Maidstone |publisher=[[Unite the Union|Unite]]-[[CPHVA]] |volume=88 |issue=9 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1717042386?sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Filicide]]
* [[Louise Porton]] – British mother who killed her two children in 2018

===Similar cases===
* [[Murder of Nubia Barahona]]
* [[Murder of Nixzmary Brown]]
* [[Murder of Anjelica Castillo]]
* [[Murder of Daniel Pelka]]
* [[Murder of Bobby Äikiä]]
* [[Joel Steinberg|Death of Lisa Steinberg]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11626806 Timeline of Baby P case]
* {{find a Grave|32168764|Peter Connelly}}
* [https://radical.org.uk/barefoot/babyp.htm BabyP The Real Untold Story]

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