Bulger mother makes identity call
James Bulger killer Jon Venables should be stripped of his new identity if he is charged with a new offence, the toddler's mother said.
The 27-year-old convicted murderer, who was controversially released on licence in 2001, was recalled back to prison just over a week ago after reportedly being accused of a serious sex crime.
Despite fierce press speculation, ministers have not disclosed the reasons for the recall although Justice Secretary Jack Straw said they related to "extremely serious allegations".
James' mother Denise Fergus believes that if Venables is charged with any offence he "ought to go before a court in his own name", her spokesman said.
Chris Johnson said: "If after that, depending on the outcome of the court case, the powers that be decide that he should have some new identity yet again, then we'll deal with that when we come to it. But she can't understand why he doesn't appear in a dock under his own name, if that's going to be where he ends up."
Mr Johnson added: "She's appalled. She doesn't think that he should be at liberty anyway.
"He should really have served a sentence of something in the order of 15 years and should be coming up for parole now. In her mind, if there has been an offence committed, it means that that could have been avoided."
Mrs Fergus has demanded to know why Venables was put back in jail, and is meeting Mr Straw this week.
The killer and his accomplice Robert Thompson were just 10 when they battered two-year-old James to death in Liverpool 17 years ago.
They were both released on lifelong licence in 2001 with new identities, requiring them to obey strict conditions such as not contacting each other or returning to the city where James was killed.
