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Jon Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger, will remain in prison after telling a Parole Board panel that he should stay behind bars. The panel considered evidence from probation officers, three psychologists, and a psychiatrist, and all but one found that he should remain in prison. Venables, who was 10 years old when he murdered two-year-old James in 1993, was released on licence in 2001 but was recalled to prison in 2010 for possessing indecent images of children. He was paroled in 2013 but jailed again in 2017 for the same offence. In the latest review, a 'victim personal statement which clearly conveyed the devastating impact of Mr Venables' crime and the impact of his offending' was heard by the panel.
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