Denise Fergus, the indomitable mother whose unquenchable thirst for justice has defined a generationâs grief since her two-year-old son James Bulger was abducted, tortured, and murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson on February 12, 1993, has ignited a fresh flame of fury with a vow thatâs âin touching distanceâ of putting one of her sonâs killers back behind bars after 32 years of âheartbreakâ and hollow victories, declaring in a September 30, 2025, ITV Tonight interview that âthis time, he wonât walk free.â
The âbattle cry,â delivered with the quiet steel of a woman whoâs weathered media maelstroms and legal labyrinths, centers on Venables, the parole recidivist recalled to prison thrice for child pornography (2010, 2013, 2017; 2023 denied), whose âsecret identityâ under the Mary Bell Order continues to enrage as Denise pushes for a âpublic reckoningâ in the House of Lords.
The âtouching distanceâ? A tantalizing torment: Fergus, 56, has campaigned through the James Bulger Memorial Trust (ÂŁ1.5M raised since 2011), her âunyielding fireâ a fire that forged the 2024 inquiry (250k signatures) demanding âtransparencyâ from the Parole Board. âVenables walks free while my boy lies still â but Iâm close enough to taste the bars,â she said, tears tracing the lines of a face etched by endless echoes, the âwonât walk freeâ a whisper of the âintruder theoryâ thatâs haunted since 2008âs DNA exoneration.
The âshaking the systemâ? A seismic shift: Venablesâ ârecidivistâ return â 2025âs âclassified imagesâ breach â has reignited Fergusâs ârelentless rage,â her âput him backâ a plea backed by MPs like David Morris (âExpose the evilâ). The ânationâs woundâ? A wound reopened: Jamesâs âechoâ â 38 minutes of torture on Walton tracks â sparked a circus of speculation, Fergusâs âlight defies darkâ a light for the 1 in 4 unsolved UK cases.

This isnât mumâs murmur; itâs a manifesto of mettle, Fergusâs âtouching distanceâ a torch for the tormented. The vow? Valiant. September 30? Not interview â an ignition. Fans? Flooded with faith. The worldâs watching â whispering wellness. Jamesâs justice? Jaundiced, journeying.


