James Bulger's mother urges director of film about son's murder to withdraw Oscar nomination

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Denise Fergus said that the film was making her 'relive' the trauma all over again

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Probably the most insensitive film to ever have been produced without as much as an ounce of consultation to the Bulger family it should be banned from even screening never mind the director himself nominating it to the oscars I shall never watch it and hope others follow suit

So it's OK to have TV channels dedicated to grisly/unsolved murders, but not when it concerns James Bulger case?

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