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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ben Griffiths

James Bulger's mum will meet Justice Secretary in fight to stop killer's release

The mum of tragic James Bulger has been granted a face-to-face summit with Justice Secretary Dominic Raab in her fight to keep one of his killer’s behind bars.

In a victory for The Sunday People, Mr Raab this week agreed to meet Denise Fergus, who will urge him to intervene in a parole ­hearing for Jon Venables.

Venables, now 39 – one of the two 10-year-olds who savagely killed two-year-old James – has reoffended twice before on release.

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