Robert Smith could be out of jail after 10 years for the manslaughter of child Keisha Abrahams

A man who helped cover up the horrific death of a little girl could soon be released from jail.

Robert Smith is currently serving a maximum 16-year sentence for manslaughter and being an accessory to the murder of six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams in 2010.

He was jailed in 2013 alongside Keisha’s mother, Kristi Abrahams, who was convicted of her daughter’s murder.

Kiesha died in bed at their Mt Druit home in Sydney’s west, after being knocked unconscious by her mother when she refused to put her pyjamas on.

The couple did not seek medical help after Kiesha was beaten and instead put her in the shower and then to bed, where she died.

Abrahams and Smith then hid the girl’s body in a suitcase in a wardrobe for five days before taking her to bushland at Shalvey, in Sydney’s west.

The schoolgirl was doused in petrol and set alight before being buried.

But a private meeting held two weeks ago by the NSW State Parole Authority has formed an intention to free Smith on parole.

Six-year-old Keisha Abrahams died in her Hebersham home in 2010 after being knocked unconscious by her mother, Kristi 

Depending on the outcome of an April 4 public hearing, Smith could be released from jail as early as April 24, a Current Affair revealed on Thursday. 

The granting of the intention for parole announced is based on a report from the Serious Offenders Review Council and the corrections community.

The State Parole Authority will accept submissions from Kiesha’s family and the NSW government at the hearing, which anyone from the public can attend. 

Based on the submissions and a previous hearing held in February, the State Parole Authority will then decide if Smith will be granted parole.

Kiesha became a a well-known face after she was reported missing by Abrahams and Smith in August 2010.

Abrahams initially said she had put Keisha to bed in their Hebersham home about 9.30pm but had disappeared by the following morning.

Abrahams called police to tell them her daughter was missing, sparking an extensive search in Sydney’s western suburbs that caught nationwide attention.

Keisha’s mother, Kristi Abrahams (pictured) made emotional appeals after reporting her daughter missing 

Kiesha Abrahams became a a well-known face after she was reported missing by her mother and Smith in August 2010 

Abrahams and Smith made emotional pleas at the time, but police were not convinced of their story and a lengthy murder investigation followed.

Eight months after Kiesha was reported missing, police arrested Abrahams and Smith in 2011. 

Abrahams was charged with murder after human remains were discovered in bushland at Mt Druitt on what would have been Kiesha’s seventh birthday

Abrahams was jailed for 22 years and Smith was jailed for a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 16 years at his sentencing in 2013.