WeightWatchers says it has removed child abuser Tracey Connelly from its app after MailOnline revealed she had tried to use the weight loss platform to reinvent herself without revealing her dark past.
Connelly,42,was jailed indefinitely in 2009 after allowing her 17-month-old son Peter - known better as Baby P - to die in her care at home in north London in 2007 after a prolonged course of horrific abuse.
But for the last nine months - after being released on parole for the second time in 2022 - Connelly has been reinventing herself as 'Connie' on the WW app,with unknowing friends praising her weight loss journey and wishing her happy birthday.
But after MailOnline revealed Connelly's true identity,WW has confirmed it has removed her account. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of the weight-loss platform.
Connelly had reinvented herself as a reality-TV loving cat owner who gave no hint of her abusive past on the app,which helps people trying to lose weight support each other on a Facebook-style social media platform called WW Connect.
Connelly's lover Steven Barker (left) was jailed in 2009 for a minimum of 12 years for torturing the 17-month-old to death while his brother,Jason Owen (right),received a six-year jail sentence for allowing the toddler to die
By then,her weight had ballooned to 20 stone,prompting her own mother to comment to The Sun: 'Look at her — look at the state of her. She's got so fat. She looks disgusting.
'She is wearing the mask because she doesn't want anyone to recognise her. It makes me feel sick looking at these photos. I don't know how she can live her life like normal.'
She is later reported to have befriended child killer Helen Cauldwell,who throttled her own daughter to death with a Piglet toy,at the halfway house in the north of England.
The killing of Baby shocked Britain,not just because of the suffering the tot endured as his mother stood by,but because of the opportunities missed to save him.
Peter 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.
A series of reviews identified missed opportunities for officials to save the toddler's life had they reacted properly to warning signs.
Three of the children,including Peter,were on Haringey's Child Protection Register because of fears they were being neglected.
The failure by social workers and doctors to properly raise the alarm over the youngster's abuse led to the head of children's services at Haringey council being removed from her position.
August 3,2007: 17-month-old Baby P is found dead in cot
November 11,2008: Peter's mother,Tracey Connelly,boyfriend Steven Barker and brother Jason Owen are convicted of causing his death
November 13,2008: Ed Balls orders an inquiry into the role of the council,health authority and police
December 1,2008: An independent review declares Haringey's child protection services 'inadequate'
December 8,2008: Haringey Children's Services boss Sharon Shoesmith is sacked with immediate effect
May 22,2009: Connelly is jailed indefinitely,Barker gets a life term and Owen is given an indeterminate sentence for public protection
October 7,2009: Shoesmith launches a High Court case against Balls to seek compensation for her dismissal
September 15,2010: Shoesmith tells MPs she is sorry about what happened but refuses to accept any blame,saying she had no involvement in the care of Baby P
May 27,2011: The Court of Appeal rules in favour of Shoesmith,saying her dismissal was 'tainted by unfairness'
October 8,2013: Connelly is recommended for release by the Parole Board
February 14,2015: Connelly is back behind bars after sending nude pictures to male fans
December 29,2015: The Parole Board rejects Connelly's first bid for freedom
November 28,2017: The Parole Board rejects Connelly's second bid for freedom
January 6,2019: The Parole Board rejects Connelly's third bid for freedom
March 30,2022: Connelly is recommended for release by the Parole Board
July 2022: Connelly is released and sent to a bail hostel
September 2024: Connelly is recalled to prison after breaching her licence conditions
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