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Straw hints at details of Bulger killer Venables recall
 
Details of why one of James Bulger's killers has been recalled to prison may be released later, the justice secretary has said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8555186.stm

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Venables should 'have a chance' says his ex-solicitor

Jon Venables' former solicitor urged the justice system not to "give up" on the child killer - recalled to prison over "serious allegations".

Laurence Lee told the BBC it was "very hard to class a child as evil" and he still had the right to a chance of rehabilitation.

Venables, 27, who murdered James Bulger in 1993, is under risk of attack as the "media hype" continues, Mr Lee said.

what a load of bollocks 

Baroness Butler-Sloss, who originally made the decision to grant anonymity to James Bulger's two killers on their 2001 release, has warned that Venables would be at risk from vigilantes if his new identity is revealed.

what a shame,did dums 

"The pressures on him to live this lie and constantly have to lie to make friends and fit in with society, I think are what made him breach his licence."

he shouldn't have been realised in the first place

Denise Fergus, James' mother, told ITV's This Morning she found it hard to even say Venables' name and that she had the right to know what he is currently accused of.

She said it would not "take the pain away" but would reassure her.

"I am sick of them closing doors in my face. It's about time they started telling me what I think I should know.

"As James's mother I have a right to know."

i cant get my head around what this poor woman must be going through

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8557191.stm

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Jon Venables posed only 'trivial risk' if set free, claimed official psychiatric report

Jon Venables posed only a 'trivial' risk to the public, according to a psychiatric report compiled before his 2001 release.

The account, which formed part of the legal case for his freedom under a new identity, said 'the risks to the public are so trivial that, strictly in relation to that perspective, immediate release would be justified'.

The report was prepared by a leading psychiatrist in August 2000 but has now only been published.

The document said that Venables had 'come to terms' with the killing of the toddler. 'The Jon Venables of today is a very different person to the Jon Venables aged ten.

'It has been a very important part of his rehabilitation so far that he has come to terms in a wholly realistic way with the awfulness of his behaviour eight years ago.'

Read more: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1256828/James-Bulger-killer-Jon-Venables-posed-trivial-risk-experts-claimed.html#ixzz0hn1OLMHA

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Children's chief apologises for Bulger killers comment

England's children's commissioner says she has apologised to James Bulger's mother for "hurtful" comments about his murder by two 10-year-old boys.

At the weekend, Maggie Atkinson said the killers should not have been prosecuted because children under 12 did not fully understand their actions.

She has since stressed she believes serious crimes should be punished.

Her original comments had led James's mother to call for her sacking because of her "twisted and insensitive" views.

Ms Atkinson told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme that she had sent a letter to Mrs Fergus apologising "for the hurt that was caused by the comments".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8572028.stm