Jon Venables denied parole

FatCat

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Just reading this today as if it some kind of victory that he has been denied parole.

Despite his obvious crime at the age of ten, he is now 36. He was sent back to prison in 2010 and 2017 for possessing indecent images of Children. His current sentence is 40 months of which he is at the halfway stage (hence the application for parole)

it’s just so frustrating to read and hear this in the news, the rule of law can be so useless at times. For me he is just rotten to the core and no amount of rehabilitation is working - in two years when he is out surely it is just a matter of time before he reoffends.surely there is something within the law or there should be thqt just says “nah” and throws away the key on this man.

is there anybody who thinks he’s served his time and should be released?
 
not me - he has had plenty of both time and opportunity to be rehabilitated and has actively failed to be a decent human being and prove himself to be safe in society, so therefore he should not be granted parole. under any circumstances
 
He has the devil inside him.

I honestly don't think he's safe to society neither and therefore he should be locked away for good.
I don't agree ncessarily on the black and white "he has the devil inside him" for these types of serious crimes in general. Drop the same person into a different environement and family and do these horrific acts happen, or do they lead a normal life? I have no idea, I suspect not necessarily (I'm not looking for excuses for him here btw).
The indecent images are a big concern, for me you have to be 100% sure someone is not likely to reoffend or escalate with this type of thing. Whether the original crime is still relevant in terms of how dangerous he is, i have no idea.
 
I guess in most people's eyes they should have never been let out. I still struggle to except it was because they were so young they 'didn't know better'.

This guy should never be let out. He's clearly messed up and you'd imagine anyone who's murdered a child and is an convicted pedo could still do something 'worse' than download images. I'd say a ticking time bomb. I don't get how a pedo can ever change? It's a sexual orientation. It's surely with you for life? I am heterosexual and no prison term or counciling could change the way I feel or what I'm attracted too.

I've sometimes wondered about John Thompson. His aninimity has pretty much stayed intact and could be working with you or a relative. He could live next door and be married with children.... Scary😕 (as in you wouldn't know more than what he may do).
 
He has had more chances than he deserves.
I think it was fair to give him a second chance due to his age when he committed the horrific crime he was convicted of.
No one else should be put at risk of this man again.
 
The restorative justice clan would no doubt press for his release. Save your energies. What they did to that little lad was horrendous and never warrants forgiveness

i understand your point and for some the original crime can never be forgiven, nor forgotten, but Thompson has not been found to be cut from the same cloth. as far as we know he hasn't committed any further offences, so in that instance, i believe his age at the time of the original crime should allow for his subsequent release having served his sentence and has been deemed rehabilitated. however for Venables, he has continued to prove he is a deeply disturbed and dangerous individual, so for that reason, he should not be released
 
Didn't James bulgers mam, end up going to court as she kept tracking these 2 down and letting neighbourhoods know who they were. And as said above, he should never ever be let out
 
He should have lost his right to anonymity after he reoffended. To think that people have been given suspended sentences for sharing his identity boils my pi$$.
 
Didn't James bulgers mam, end up going to court as she kept tracking these 2 down and letting neighbourhoods know who they were. And as said above, he should never ever be let out
I think she posted a picture of Thomson on facebook. I'm sure I saw it a couple of years ago.

I think it was the first time he'd been shown as an adult. It probably cost a fortune to relocate him.
 
I guess as young children it was easy to relocate them. You can change dramatically as an adult. Then again getting arrested twice won't do you any favours😕.

The likes of Maxine Carr or that idiot from Hull who kidnapped her own child would be harder. You'd know if they moved in accross the street.
 
I guess as young children it was easy to relocate them. You can change dramatically as an adult. Then again getting arrested twice won't do you any favours😕.

The likes of Maxine Carr or that idiot from Hull who kidnapped her own child would be harder. You'd know if they moved in accross the street.

Maxine Carr was released to a hostel on Marton road.. I was dating a lass at the time who was a few doors away... there was hell on as it was outside a school and she was usually seen smoking on the doorstep laughing and carrying on with her girlfriend.

lasted about a month before a few lads from the area threatened to burn the place down at which point she disappeared
 
Maxine Carr was released to a hostel on Marton road.. I was dating a lass at the time who was a few doors away... there was hell on as it was outside a school and she was usually seen smoking on the doorstep laughing and carrying on with her girlfriend.

lasted about a month before a few lads from the area threatened to burn the place down at which point she disappeared
She was living up near Flatts Lane at one point too, but was also moved on once the locals got to know.
 
I guess as young children it was easy to relocate them. You can change dramatically as an adult. Then again getting arrested twice won't do you any favours😕.

The likes of Maxine Carr or that idiot from Hull who kidnapped her own child would be harder. You'd know if they moved in accross the street.
Are you on about Shannon Matthews? She was from Dewsbury.
 
She was living up near Flatts Lane at one point too, but was also moved on once the locals got to know.
Or so was the rumour - this is all rumour and conjecture surely and I don't know that it does any good or helps anyone at all really.
 
Or so was the rumour - this is all rumour and conjecture surely and I don't know that it does any good or helps anyone at all really.
Defo got the rumour mill rotating that one. I think at one stage she was living on Flatts Lane, Redcar, Saltburn and Thorntree, at the same time 🤷🏼
 
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