🚨 EXCLUSIVE: James Bulger’s Mum BREAKS SILENCE — Calls Jon Venables’ Parole Denial “The Best Thing to Happen in 30 Years”! ⚖️😤💔
For 32 years, Denise Fergus has clawed for justice after her toddler was stolen and slaughtered… now, in a raw exclusive, she erupts with JOY over killer Jon Venables’s latest smackdown: “It’s the BEST news in THREE DECADES!” But wait – Venables is “scared” to face her at his next hearing? Coward’s move or game-changer? This bombshell exposes his manipulative hell and her unbreakable vow: “He’ll NEVER walk free.”
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In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on November 14, 2025 – marking 32 years and nine months since the unimaginable horror that claimed her son James – Denise Fergus, the unyielding mother of murdered toddler James Bulger, laid bare her profound relief and renewed fire following the latest parole denial for one of her child’s killers, Jon Venables. “This is the best thing to happen to me in 30 years,” Fergus declared, her voice cracking with a mix of elation and exhaustion, as she reflected on the Parole Board’s December 2023 decision to keep the 41-year-old Venables behind bars indefinitely unless he proves rehabilitation – a bar he has repeatedly failed to clear. At 55, Fergus – who has transformed unimaginable loss into a lifetime of advocacy – slammed Venables as a “manipulative coward” terrified of facing her and James’s father, Ralph Bulger, at his upcoming December 2025 hearing, where new laws could allow victims’ families to attend and deliver impact statements in person.
The announcement comes amid a fresh wave of scrutiny, fueled by Fergus’s relentless campaign and public outrage over Venables’s history of reoffending. Released on license in 2001 after serving just eight years for the 1993 murder, Venables was recalled to prison in 2010 and again in 2017 for possessing child sexual abuse images – offenses that underscore his “long-term sexual interest in children,” as noted in the Parole Board’s scathing 2023 ruling. “He feels like the victim here, like he’s some celebrity wronged by the world,” Fergus fumed, echoing her 2023 Sky News comments where she vowed to “still be fighting” against any release. With Venables now reportedly “petrified” at the prospect of confronting his victims’ families – a right enshrined in recent England and Wales reforms – Fergus sees a turning point: “If he skips the hearing out of fear, it’ll seal his fate. Good riddance to that monster.”
Fergus’s words carry the weight of three decades of torment, from the gut-wrenching trial she avoided due to pregnancy risks to her 2025 launches of the James Bulger Memorial Helpline and calls for AI deepfake bans after seeing manipulated videos of her son on TikTok. Her exclusive marks a rare moment of unfiltered triumph in a saga marred by institutional secrecy, media exploitation, and Venables’s perpetual shadow over her life. As Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood – whom Fergus met in April 2025 – pushes reforms for ministerial vetoes on high-risk releases, the mother of two (now raising three more sons) insists: “James’s voice is louder than ever. This denial isn’t closure; it’s fuel.”
The Unforgettable Horror: Reliving February 12, 1993
The events of that fateful day remain seared into Britain’s collective memory, a stark reminder of innocence shattered in broad daylight. James Patrick Bulger, a bright-eyed 23-month-old from Kirkby, Merseyside, was enjoying a simple outing with his mother at the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle. Around 3:40 p.m., as Fergus turned to pay at a butcher’s stall, her toddler vanished into the crowd – a mere 10 seconds of distraction that unleashed hell.
CCTV footage later captured the unimaginable: James, in his blue coat and white shoes, being led away hand-in-hand by two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who had ditched school and were prowling the mall. Over the next few hours, the trio traversed 2.5 miles through Bootle’s gritty streets, stopping at a canal where witnesses – 38 in total – spotted the group but dismissed the scene as sibling roughhousing. Bricks pelted James’s head, drawing blood; threats of “lost brother” kept bystanders at bay.
By dusk, the boys reached a desolate railway embankment near Walton Lane police station – irony in its proximity. There, in a barbaric crescendo, they unleashed over 40 wounds: batteries to the face, iron bars to the ribs, kicks to the groin, and a 10-pound brick to the skull that fractured it open, exposing brain matter. They smeared blue paint on his face – perhaps to mask identification – and posed him on the tracks like discarded trash. A passing train bisected his tiny body at 7:30 p.m., delaying discovery until the next morning.
News of the toddler’s mutilated remains exploded on February 14, igniting national revulsion. Operation Orchid, led by the late Detective Albert Kirby, mobilized 500 officers, plaster casts of footprints, and Crimewatch appeals. Tips poured in – over 5,000 – leading to the boys’ arrest on February 18 after a canal assault link. Their November 1993 trial at Preston Crown Court – the UK’s youngest murder conviction – drew global eyes, with the judge deeming them “knowing and cunning” despite their age. Sentenced to indefinite detention (minimum eight years, later upped to 15), they were released in 2001 with lifelong anonymity and new identities, a decision the European Court of Human Rights later deemed unfair in 1999.
Milestone
Date & Details
Lasting Echoes
Abduction
Feb 12, 1993: James snatched in 10 seconds at Bootle mall. CCTV: Boys lead him away.
Fergus’s guilt: “I turned my back… forever.”
Discovery
Feb 13, 1993: Body found severed on tracks; 40+ injuries confirmed.
Nation’s shock: 500,000+ mourn at vigil.
Arrest
Feb 18, 1993: Tip links boys to canal assault; Kirby’s team closes in.
Manhunt model: Modernized child safety protocols.
Trial
Nov 1993: Preston Crown Court convicts; min. 8 years (later 15).
ECHR 1999: “Unfair” adult trial for kids.
Release
2001: New IDs; Thompson vanishes, Venables reoffends 2010/2017.
Fergus’s fight: Petitions, helpline (2025).
Parole Denials
2020, 2023: “Danger to children”; next hearing Dec 2025.
Reforms: Family attendance, veto powers.
Advocacy Peaks
Mar 2025: Helpline launch; Apr: AI deepfake ban push.
213k signatures for inquiry (2024).
The Parole Saga: Venables’s Endless Shadow
Venables’s post-release spiral has been a grotesque sequel to James’s nightmare. Freed in 2001, he was jailed in 2010 for child porn possession (40 months), paroled in 2013, then recalled in 2017 for the same – his “sexual preoccupation” unaddressed, per 2023 Parole Board docs. The board’s rejection cited his dishonesty with probation, drug use, and internet breaches – risks Fergus calls “mental torture.” “He destroyed one life but wrecked my whole family,” she told Sky in 2023, a sentiment echoed in her May 2025 Mirror vow to attend hearings: “I’ll look him in the eyes and say, ‘You’re not forgiven.'”
Now, with Venables “scared” to appear if families attend – per Sun sources – his no-show could doom him. Fergus, who skipped the 1993 trial while pregnant, welcomes the chance: “New laws give us power – he’ll squirm.” Reforms under Mahmood include vetoes for “most dangerous offenders,” potentially barring Venables forever if he reoffends. Ralph Bulger, estranged but allied, shares the fury: “Traumatic impact,” he said post-2023 denial.
Denise Fergus: A Mother’s Relentless Crusade
From Kirkby’s working-class roots, 22-year-old Denise Croghan became Fergus post-1999 remarriage to Stuart, her rock who “blacks out bad news.” Mother to Michael (James’s brother), plus Jamie, Connor, and Kai, she penned I Let Him Go (2018), baring the trial’s agony: “I couldn’t face those monsters.” Her James Bulger Memorial Trust has aided 100+ kids via scholarships; the 2025 helpline, launched on James’s would-be 35th birthday, fields calls from “families in silence.”
Battles define her: Slamming 2019’s Oscar-nod Detainment as “devastating” (100k-signature backlash); jailing a 2016 stalker posing as James’s ghost; 2024’s 213k-petition inquiry push. April 2025’s deepfake horror – AI James “speaking” his abduction – spurred her Mahmood meeting: “Ban this digital torture.” “I’ve fought 30 years; I’ll fight till my last,” she told GB News in 2023, numb yet numb from wins.
Amid joy, pain lingers: “Shellshocked” post-2023 denial, per Mirror. Stuart shields her; sons ground her in normalcy – football, school runs. “James is my joy,” she says, his photo ever-present.
Looking Ahead: Eternal Vigilance
Fergus eyes December’s hearing: “If he cowers, it’s over.” With public outcry – X trends #JusticeForJames – and reforms tilting toward victims, Venables’s path narrows. Inquiry calls persist; Thompson, silent in Canada, evades spotlight.
Honorable Mentions:
Hollyoaks Retreat (2009): Plot axed after Fergus’s plea.
Kirby Legacy: Late detective’s 2013 regrets: “Haunted us all.”
Petition Power: 2022 Commons debate from her voice.
In Liverpool’s chill, Fergus’s exclusive isn’t victory – it’s ammunition. “James endures through me,” she vows. As Venables rots, her light pierces the dark: Justice, 32 years on, feels closer.
