A mother who neglected her son so badly that he had to have his leg amputated could be prevented from being released from prison.
Parents Jodie Simpson and Anthony Smith were jailed in 2018 for torturing their son Tony Hajell, who is now seven years old.
When he finally sought medical attention, just six weeks after his birth, he suffered "near-death" injuries.
The two abusers were each sentenced to his 10-year imprisonment. This was the maximum penalty for child abuse at the time.
Simpson was due to be released on Friday at the halfway point of her prison sentence, but Attorney General Dominic Raab of hers confirmed her case to the parole board. entrusted to
This follows changes introduced by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act of 2022.
Raab said: And we have a duty to do everything possible to prevent another child from suffering at their hands. Under the new authority, it is designed to keep prisoners incarcerated longer when their release would endanger public safety."
Then Tony's adopted son Adoption campaigns have changed laws and increased the maximum sentence for child abuse.
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