James Bulger was only two years old when he was murdered by two children. James’s brother wants Jon Venables to stay in prison amid reports of a parole hearing.
James Bulger’s brother has stated that he will never forgive the toddler’s murderers.
James was two years old when he was taken from a shopping center in Bootle, Merseyside, on February 12, 1993, by two youths then known as Jon Venables and Robert Thompson.
His body was discovered on a railroad track, having been killed by bricks and a metal bar.
Michael Fergus, who was born eight months after his brother’s murder. And spoke before today’s anniversary of the crime, stated that the two murderers “robbed me of my youth.”
29-year-old Mr. Fergus told the Sunday Express: “My brother’s murders will never be forgiven.
They abducted my older brother, whom I never met.
“I wish I could have looked up to him, asked him questions, and conversed with him about examinations, cars, going to bars, and other mundane topics.”
But due to these two factors, I never had the opportunity.
In a nutshell, they stole my youth from me.
Mr. Fergus, a landscape gardener from the northwest of England, stated that “justice for James” would entail “putting Venables behind bars” to provide “peace of mind” for the family, especially their mother.
Venables and Thompson were sentenced to life but were freed on the licence with new identities in 2001.
Venables, 40, was denied parole in 2020 for collecting indecent photos of children in 2010 and 2017.
The Sun claimed in December that he could have another parole hearing early this year. Citing sources who said he has a “high chance” of being released due to his “excellent” improvement in prison.
Denise Fergus, the mother of James, stated in January that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab had assured her that the murderer would remain in prison under his proposed new “two strikes and you stay in” policy.
Mr. Raab, according to the Ministry of Justice, will “do all in his power to keep dangerous offenders behind bars” and has “laid down proposals to restructure the parole procedure and place victims at the center of the process.”
