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one of baby p's killer's released

  • 06-08-2011 8:18am
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    Baby P killer Owen goes free from jail



    BABY P killer Jason Owen has walked free from jail today.
    The monster — one of three brutes caged over the youngster's appalling death — left Wandsworth Prison in south west London this afternoon.


    His release comes just two days after the fourth anniversary of tortured 17-month-old Peter Connelly's shocking end.

    Last night the toddler's gran condemned the decision to allow him to go free.

    Mary O'Connor, 60, said: "The fact he is being freed so close to the anniversary is a cruel twist of fate. To think he will be walking the streets again is horrifying. He is a danger to society and especially children.


    Torture ... Baby P
    "He is a nasty piece of work and if he had a compassionate bone in his body, he could have saved Peter."

    Owen, 39, has served just over two years. He was convicted of causing or allowing Peter's death along with the toddler's mum Tracey and her boyfriend Steven Barker, who are still behind bars.

    Mary, of North London, said: "I hope the guilt is tearing Owen apart because he hasn't been properly punished. I'd like to think he will spend the rest of his life haunted by Peter's death. But I doubt it."

    Mary also blasted a court ruling that will allow bungler Sharon Shoesmith - head of children's services in Haringey, North London, when Peter died - to claim £2.5million over her sacking.

    The gran said: "I hope she chokes on it. It's yet another kick in the teeth."

    Owen, from Bromley, Kent, was a lodger at the home of his brother Steven Barker in Tottenham, North London, where Peter died on August 3, 2007.

    In May 2009, an Old Bailey judge gave Owen an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of three years for his part in the toddler's death.


    This meant he could apply for parole after three years but would only be released once the Parole Board was satisfied he no longer posed a risk to the public.

    But Owen challenged his sentence at the Court of Appeal and in October 2009 was ordered to serve a fixed six-year jail term instead.

    Peter suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register of Haringey Council in North London and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals during the final eight months of his life.

    A series of reviews have identified missed opportunities when officials could have saved him if they had acted properly on the warning signs.

    Shoesmith, Haringey's director of children's services at the time of Peter's death, is in line for compensation estimated at up to £1million after Supreme Court judges this week rejected applications to challenge a ruling that she was unfairly sacked following the tragedy.

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3734472/Baby-P-killer-Jason-Owen-goes-free.html


    i know a lot of bad things have gone unpunished in the world recently,this case stunned me,saddend me,stuck with me...

    this guy deserves more jail time.

    for those who arent familiar with the case

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Baby_P


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