THE inside story of the James Bulger trial will be revealed tonight – with his grieving mum hearing new details of his death for the first time after she avoided court.
Channel 5 documentary James Bulger: The Trial tells the story of Venables and Robert Thompson’s 1993 trial after they brutally killed the two-year-old – and recreates scenes from the courtroom.
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Jamie Bulger was brutally killed by Venables and ThompsonCredit: PA:Press Association
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Evil Jon Venables at the time of the trial in 1993Credit: Rex Features
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Jamie’s mum Denise Fergus says Venables will kill again if he is releasedCredit: Mercury Press Agency
Jamie’s mum Denise Fergus reads her statement to the court for the first time since 1993 in the documentary.
Looking over the statement, she said: “At the time it had come from my heart.
“It’s been 30 years since I’ve last seen this and I can’t read it, I’ve described James in it, and I can’t do it.
“I don’t want to go back there, I know for a fact it’s played back in my mind, if I read that I’m back to day one.”
Denise also explained why she did not attend the harrowing trial at Preston Sessions Court.
She said: “It’s not that I chose not to attend the trial. It’s that I was told not to attend because the pressure would have gone to the baby.
“I had to think about the baby I was carrying too. It’s not only that I was grieving one but I was carrying another. I don’t want to be going through this.”
Denise said that evil Venables will attack another child if he is ever released.
She said: “No matter what I’m not going to get James back, I’m fighting for other families.
“I don’t want them to go through what I went through, thirty years of fighting.”
It comes as evil killer Venables has been told his parole case will be heard in the coming weeks.
He hopes it will lead to his release from prison.
Murdered toddler James’ family had hoped a planned law change would have been made by now to potentially block Venables’ release.
James’ mum Denise Fergus, 55, and dad Ralph, 56, have written statements opposing his release.
Sources said Justice Secretary Alex Chalk shares their view.
Venables, 40, has twice been recalled to jail for possessing child abuse images while out on licence.
But a source said: “Venables is buoyant as he believes this is his best, and possibly his last, chance of freedom.
“He has got the official confirmation and has been working on his presentation to the parole panel.”
But a separate source said: “It is incredibly unlikely Venables will be recommended for release. He’s a chaotic character who has clearly not rehabilitated.”
Two-year-old James was abducted and murdered by Venables and Robert Thompson, then both ten, in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993.
The Justice Secretary is set to get the power to stop repeat offenders being freed within the Victims and Prisoners Bill early next year.
The Parole Board said it is “following standard procedures” with Venables’ review.