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James Bulger's killer Jon Venables loses fresh bid to be freed from prison
The panel said he still poses a risk and needs more work in custody on his sexual interests before any release.
- The Parole Board denied Jon Venables' latest parole request on Monday after panel members concluded he remains unsuitable for release. Venables had told the panel he was "not seeking release" at the start of the hearing.
- Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 in Merseyside, kidnapping him from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle. The pair took the toddler approximately 2.5 miles to a railway line before killing him.
- Members expressed concerns about how Venables would work with probation staff, citing "a need for further work in custody to address his sexual interests." The panel also heard a victim statement conveying the "devastating impact" of his crime.
- Unlike Thompson, who has lived anonymously since his release, Venables has repeatedly reoffended. He was recalled to prison in 2010 and 2017 after indecent images were found, receiving a 40-month sentence.
- Three professionals examined the case, and all but one concluded Venables should remain in prison. Professionals assessed his expressed remorse as genuine, yet the Panel maintained he still poses a risk.
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