James Bulger's mum Denise Fergus pleads with parole board chiefs not to release 'monster' Jon Venables.
James Bulger's mum Denise Fergus pleads with parole board chiefs not to release "monster" Jon Venables who murdered her son.
In an exclusive interview with the Mirror, Denise, 54, said: “Tomorrow is one of the biggest days ever in our fight for justice for James. It feels like D-Day. I’m anxious and it’s been hard not to think of much else because the importance of this week is so great. Our fate is in the hands of parole board bosses, so I beg them to make the right decision for everyone and keep my son’s killer behind bars.
She predicts a national outcry if Venables, now 41, is given parole. Denise said: “If they do release him I dread to think what will happen. I’ll probably initially crumble and then I’ll be on the warpath. There would be national outcry. But I have to have confidence that the parole board won’t let that happen.”
The hearing at a secret location will also hear Denise’s victim impact statement and written pleas from justice secretary Alex Chalk and predecessor Dominic Raab about the danger Venables poses. It is thought a decision on parole will be made seven to 10 days after the hearing ends. It was made private after Venables’ legal team argued it being public would “affect his long-term health”.
Denise, who has three other sons Michael, Thomas and Leon, and a granddaughter, said she had written an emotive victim impact statement. She said: “It outlines the grief we have gone through over the last 30 years and how this man should never see the light of day again. He has no idea what he has put us through. The actions of those two have affected three generations – me, my children and my granddaughter. She’s so young she doesn’t understand, but she’s got to grow up with this as well.
She has already considered how she will react if Venables is freed. She said: “It will hit me like a ton of bricks, but then I’ll be on the warpath. I’ll have to call a meeting with the Prime Minister because I’ll want to know why. If that happens I’ll go into another gear. I can’t drop everything now, I’ve come too far. It’s taken 30 years of my life. I can’t stop and let go. I would feel I had let myself down, let my family down.
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