James Bulger's killer Jon Venables denied latest bid for parole

James Bulger's killer Jon Venables denied latest bid for parole - Bookmark Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Already a member? Log in James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables has lost his latest bid to be freed from prison after the Parole Board said a panel was “not satisfied” he was suitable for release. Venables was just 10 years old when he murdered two-year-old James in Merseyside, alongside fellow 10-year-old Robert Thompson. Venables and Thompson led James away from a shopping centre, which he was visiting with his mother, and tortured him by kicking him, stomping on him, and inserting batteries into his mouth. They then dropped a piece of heavy railway track onto his head, fracturing his skull in 10 places, before laying his body across the tracks and leaving him there. This is a breaking news story. More follows. Subscribe here to get the latest updates from The Independent.