A parole hearing for one of the two killers a who brutally murdered two-year-old James Bulger thirty years ago is set to take place over the next two days.
The session will consider whether Jon Venables can be released after his latest sentence for possessing child abuse images. It will be held in private due to a long-standing legal order preventing the public identification of Venables.
James Bulger's mother Denise has previously urged officials to keep Venables behind bars - but she, along with other members of James' family, will be barred from attending the hearing. READ MORE: He spoke about 'sex in the car' and thought he was meeting a 14 year-old girl called Emma READ MORE: Hour by hour forecast for Greater Manchester as Storm Debi sweeps across UK She told the Mirror newspaper: “I have to have hope.
I believe parole bosses will see what this man is capable of, what he could inflict on society. “If his parole is rejected, we will rejoice.
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