Overview
- Mirror and Daily Record report, citing The Sun’s unnamed source, that Venables has told officials he will not attend if Denise Fergus and Ralph Bulger are present.
- James Bulger’s parents have secured the right to attend the hearing and deliver victim impact statements.
- Venables is expected to seek parole next month after his 2017 recall for child-abuse image offenses.
- His parole applications were rejected in 2020 and again in December 2023, when officials cited public risk and a lack of candour with probation.
- The source quoted by the tabloids suggested that failing to appear could damage Venables’s chances of release.