Prison officers had to “de-escalate the situation”, but Venables is said to have claimed they “did nothing at first” and “didn’t do enough” to protect him.Venables was one of two 10-year-old child killers who murdered two-year-old James Bulger in February 1993.He has lifelong anonymity due to fears for his safety.A source told the Daily Star online: “They’ll end up getting him.
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“It’s just a waste of taxpayers’ money.”A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said “incidents (like this) happen all the time in prison” and declined to comment further.Venables has lifelong anonymity after the murder of James in Bootle, Liverpool.
The source said: “Every single person knows that he’s there.“They’ve put a price on him.“It’s not safe for him.”Venables and his accomplice Robert Thompson served eight-years in prison each for the abduction, murder and torture of James.
The pair were released aged 18 on a lifelong licence with new identities, granted because it was feared that members of the public might carry out revenge attacks.The source said Venables has apparently shown little remorse for the murder, and is baffled as to why everyone still has a “problem”.Calls for a public inquiry into the murder of James, led by his family, were dealt a blow las week.
The government said it was “not necessary” despite a petition being signed more than 190,000 times.James’ mother Denis Fergus said the inquiry would “help me get some justice for my son”.The two-year-old was snatched by Venables and Thompson at the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle when she let go go his hand briefly.Venables and Thompson took him away and attacked him, before leaving his mutilated body on a railway line in Walton, Liverpool.James’ body was found two hours later.Venables and Thompson are the youngster convicted murderers in modern English history.Venables was jailed again after he was convicted of possessing 1,170 indecent images of “vulnerable” children.
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