Jon Venables has had his hopes of Christmas freedom dashed after a parole hearing was ditched until the new year.
The 40-year-old, who abducted and brutally murdered James Bulger in 1993, was set for a board showdown this month. But turmoil in Westminster has led to it being delayed by at least three months.
The decision was welcomed by the two-year-old’s mum Denise Fergus, reports the Mirror.