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BULGER CASE PETITION FAILS
Call for public inquiry into the handling of James’ murder is rejected - despite 200,000 signatures Report by Tom Martin
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PUPILS from Bootle are blowing their own trumpets after winning a national award! Youngsters and staff from Christ Church Primary School were given a Gold Artsmark Award, which recognises their efforts in ‘embracing the arts.’ Cont. inside
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A PETITION calling for a public inquiry into the handling of James Bulger's murder case has been dismissed by the government - despite it reaching almost 200,000 backers. It comes as a devastating blow to mum Denise Fergus, who had publicly supported the campaign after claiming earlier this month that her two-year-old son “has never had justice.” The petition was started on the government’s own website in the hope it would generate enough support for it to be discussed in Parliament. Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are almost always debated in Parliament, unless the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future. Denise has hit out at the decision to reject the petition, which has been made only weeks after the 25th anniversary of James’ death. The mum said in a recent ITV documentary that James’ killers, Jon Venables and
James Bulger
Robert Thompson, should serve time in an adult prison for the crime. James was killed on February 12 1993, with Venables and Thompson given eight years in detention, as well as secret identities and addresses when they were released in 2001. Venables has since been jailed again twice for possessing child abuse images -
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the first time for two years in July 2010 and again three weeks ago for three years and four months. A statement by the Ministry of Justice said: “The murder of Jamie Bulger was an appalling crime which shocked the nation and, 25 years on, continues to be of huge interest and concern. Our deepest sympathies remain with Mrs Fergus and Mr Bulger for the pain and suffering they have endured. “Because this case has been of such understandable concern, when the man formerly known as Jon Venables was recalled to custody in February 2010, the then Justice Secretary asked Sir David Omand, the former Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, to conduct an extensive review of the management of Venables from the time of his release from Red Bank Secure Children’s Home in 2001 until his recall to custody. “In July 2010 Venables was convicted of possessing, downloading and sharing indecent images of children, and Sir David’s detailed report was published in November 2010. Continued inside
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