A tragic toddler’s father has criticised the justice system over the potential early release of his killer mother from prison in May - after serving just seven years of her sentence.

Rosdeep Adekoya, who lived in Edinburgh, was jailed for 11 years in August 2014 after admitting the culpable homicide of her three-year-old son, Mikaeel Kular, after dumping his body in a suitcase near her sister’s home in Fife.

Scottish Prison Service insiders have revealed her earliest release date is scheduled for May, the Scottish Mail on Sunday reported.

Mikaeel’s father, Zahid Saaed, has since told The Sun newspaper: “It’s just a slap on the wrist for what she had done.

Rosdeep Adekoya admitted the culpable homicide of her son, Mikaeel Kular.

“It’s just not enough, what she did was horrific.

“The justice system has truly failed my son.”

Mikaeel's disappearance from his home in Ferry Gait Crescent, Drylaw rocked the community.

Hundreds of neighbours joined the hunt for the toddler, who was reported missing by his mother.

Coastguards scoured the shores near Cramond and Drylaw while scores of residents searched through the night as temperatures plummeted to find the missing boy.

His body was discovered by police the next day in a suitcase in a wooded area behind her sister’s home in Kirkcaldy and Adekoya was arrested.

She was charged with murder but pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to a reduced charge of culpable homicide.

The court heard how Adekoya, now 40, beat Mikaeel after he was sick following a trip to Nando's.

She then kept him away from nursery and failed to call a doctor for three days as he died in agony from 40 separate injuries.

After sentencing, Mikaeel's devastated father Zahid said Adekoya should have faced life in prison, branding her a “demon" and a “monster”.

Many in the community were angered when the prosecution decided to accept her guilty plea to culpable homicide rather than pursue the original murder charge and 4,000 signed a petition calling for justice for Mikaeel.

Police also found that Adekoya had carried out internet searches before the killing, including “I find it hard to love my son”, “I love all of my children except one”, “get rid of bruises” and “why am I so aggressive with my son?”.

Reports prepared ahead of the court case found she suffered from depression. She was described as party-mad and allegedly left her children alone to go to nightclubs.

Social services were also criticised after it emerged that Mikaeel was twice taken into care but handed back to his mother.

In response to criticism in 2017, Fife Council said: "The central finding of the independent review states that the circumstances that led to Mikaeel's death could not have been predicted.”

A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson told The Sun that they do not comment on individual prisoners.

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Father of tragic Edinburgh toddler Mikaeel Kular slams early release plans for killer mum Rosdeep Adekoya