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'Venables will murder again if he's freed'
Daily Express
|January 22, 2026
CHILD murderer Jon Venables will kill again if he is let out of prison, James Bulger's heartbroken mum has warned.
Denise Fergus is fighting to keep her son James's killer behind bars
Venables is set to face another Parole Board hearing, opening up the possibility he could be freed for a third time.
Denise Fergus, mother of murdered two-year-old James, said she faces a daily “nightmare” of not knowing her son's killers’ new identities, which are protected by law.
And she wants anyone who breaches parole twice to be barred from being released.
Ms Fergus told Good Morning Britain: “I'm hoping they don't release him.
This story is from the January 22, 2026 edition of Daily Express.
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