The father of murdered child James Bulger has warned that one of his son’s predatory killers could be soon released with a new identity.
Ralph Bulger has revealed that Jon Venables will soon be eligible for parole with the next few weeks.
Mr Bulger said: “Venables is up for parole any time now, and if it is granted he will be released into the community under a fake name and secret new identity.
“He is a dangerous, predatory child abuser and killer, and I am terrified he will strike again and harm another child like my James."
Venables and Robert Thompson tortured and killed two-year-old James Bulger when they were both aged 10.
The pair snatched him from a shopping centre in Bootle , near Liverpool , in February 1993.
Both men were jailed for life and released on license with new identities in 2001.
Venables, now 36, was sentenced to another jail sentence in 2010 and 2017 for possessing indecent images of children.
He is currently serving a 40-month prison sentence, half of which will have been served by October.
A parole hearing will follow at a date to be determined by the Ministry of Justice .
Mr Bulger said he warned against Venables’ release in 2013 but the parole were “hoodwinked” into thinking the killer was reformed.
He added: “He wasn’t, and he went on to commit more crimes. He has proven he will never been rehabilitated and will always remain a danger to children.
“I don’t believe he will stop until he has killed again. The parole board have the power to prevent him having a chance to harm young children again.”
