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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Barnes

James Bulger killer Jon Venables to have latest parole hearing in private

Jon Venables was jailed for the murder and torture of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 (PA) - (PA Media)

Child killer Jon Venables will have his latest parole bid heard in private, despite a plea from his victim’s mother for it to be public, the Parole Board has decided.

Venables, 44, who tortured and murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993, will have his case heard by parole chiefs at an oral hearing, almost three years after his last appeal.

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