Attorney general may appeal sentences in Baby P case

THE attorney general is to consider appealing against the sentences handed down in the Baby P case, a spokesman said yesterday.

Baroness Scotland could refer the case to the Court of Appeal if she concluded the sentences were “unduly lenient”.

Last week children’s charities condemned the jail terms given to the three people convicted of causing or allowing the little boy’s death.

Last week at the Old Bailey, Baby P’s mother, 27, was given an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of five years after pleading guilty to causing or allowing her son’s death.

Her boyfriend, 32, was jailed for life with a minimum of 10 years for raping a two-year-old girl.

He was also given a 12-year term to run concurrently for his “major role” in Peter’s death.

The couple’s lodger, Jason Owen, 37, of Bromley, south east London, was jailed for a minimum of three years.