One of the three people jailed over the death of Baby P was back behind bars last night after breaching the conditions of his parole. Jason Owen was freed on licence in 2011 after serving half his six-year sentence for causing or allowing Peter Connelly to die. It emerged yesterday that the 41-year-old was returned to prison after being caught in an area from which he had been banned. Police have refused to reveal the circumstances surrounding his arrest, but Peter’s relatives have demanded an explanation. One said: ‘It is hardly a surprise. The authorities should now come clean and tell us exactly why he is back inside.’ Baby P suffered 50 injuries, including a broken back, before he died in August 2007 at the age of 17 months. The attacks took place while Owen, a convicted arsonist and crack addict was lodging with his brother Steven Barker and the boy’s mother Tracey Connelly in Tottenham, north London. The case sparked a national scandal after it emerged how social workers, police and doctors all missed a string of warning signs that could have saved the youngster’s life. Officials assigned to Peter did not ask about Barker, who was Connelly’s boyfriend, even when she listed him as next of kin. Had they done so, they would have discovered he had been suspected of torturing his grandmother.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:59:59 +0000
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