James Bulger’s mother has warned probation chiefs that if Jon Venables is released again, he will “again kill a child” and urged Attorney General Dominic Raab to prevent that from happening to “another family”. .
James Bulger, 2, was killed by the men formerly known as Venables, 40, and Robert Thompson, 39, then 10, after they abducted him from a shopping center in Bootle, Merseyside, on 12 February 1993.
Both were released under strict conditions after serving eight years in child-safe units and granted anonymity for life in 2001.
Although Thompson has not reoffended, Venables has been called to prison twice, in 2010 and 2017, and was found to be in possession of indecent images of children.
Now, Bulger’s mother, Denise Fergus, has warned that Gary Glitter’s recidivism a month after his release shows that Venables may never be released, after learning a parole hearing for the killer is planned for next month.
The boy’s mother, Denise Fergus, has pleaded with probation officers to keep her son’s killer in jail.
Venables and Robert Thompson were 10 years old when they kidnapped, tortured and killed two-year-old James Bulger (pictured), before dumping his body next to a railway track in Liverpool 25 years ago.
Jon Venables pictured above, has a new parole hearing date set for next month
The Probation Service confirmed Monday that Glitter was being recalled to prison following a violation of the conditions of his license.
No details of the breach were released, but it was reported that Glitter was caught trying to access the dark web.
speaking to mirrorDenise, 54, said Venables “could never change” and that if she had to go to her parole hearing to see him face to face for the first time to stop his release, she would.
She said, “Watching Gary Glitter, who is a prolific repeat offender, go back to his old ways is terrifying and just goes to show that people like him, and Venables in my opinion, never change.”
“I just hope the Parole Board sees what happened to Glitter and realizes that Venables would reoffend as well. It is inevitable if he is released.
I have never seen Venables face to face. I do not want to. But having to see it wouldn’t deter me from going. I’m not afraid.
“I was pretty deflated when they told me it was getting ready, but I have it in my head that it’s going to happen now.
“This hearing feels like D-Day in our justice for James. If his parole is blocked, I’m hopeful he’ll never see the light of day again.
Released pedophile Gary Glitter (pictured) has been called to prison after violating his parole conditions
Glitter (pictured) was apparently filmed discussing the sinister ‘Dark Web’
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said he intends to introduce legislation to keep dangerous criminals locked up.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, who is also deputy prime minister, “will do everything in his power” to keep dangerous criminals in jail.
A spokesperson said: “The deputy prime minister will do everything in his power to keep dangerous criminals behind bars and has laid out plans to review the probation process and put victims at the center of the process.”
In preparation for the hearing, Denise has written a victim statement to be read to the probation officers.
He says: ‘If you let him go, you could be ruining the life of another family like ours.
‘When you look at Venables’ file, remember what he’s capable of. He killed my son James, he has done it again and again and I have no doubt he would kill another child if released.
“Clearly he still has evil in him and if he is released, whoever has the last word will have that in their head when they inevitably commit another crime.” Don’t let it happen.
Last month, James’s mother, Denise, said she hoped the new laws Raab worked on would mean Jon Venables would never “see the light of day again.”
She claimed that Mr. Raab promised her that his reform bill would keep her son’s killer in jail.
It added to his reassurance when he told him that the 40-year-old Venables would not walk free again under his proposed new ‘two strikes and you’re out’ policy.
Speaking for the first time about meeting Mr Raab last summer at his office in Westminster, Denise, 54, told the Mirror: “In that meeting I heard words I always wanted to hear.” Her lips were moving, but I couldn’t hear it all because I never thought I would hear those words.
‘The words that under his plans, Venables would never walk free again.
‘I didn’t think this day would ever come. I froze.’
