Jack Straw has spoken in the House of Commons on the recent case of Jon Venables being imprisoned for allegedly being in possession of vile Category 4 child pornography. All stops are being pulled out to ensure the process of justice provides him with a fair trial. Jack Straw is so concerned that Venables gets fair treatment that he will not reveal any further information about his crime which is known to be extremely serious. The public once again are being treated like mugs and Man Of Straw patronisingly claims it is not in OUR public interest to know what this monster has done – well it IS Jack, it IS. WE are footing the bill for his defence, for his accommodation in HM’s prison – it appears that the preservation of this monster’s identity is MORE important than the public’s right to know, to be informed and to be aware of how badly Venables has been monitored since he and Thompson were freed in 2001. It is not just Venables who stands to lose face in all of this in more ways than one – the Parole Board and authorities who were supposed to have been ensuring his behaviour have badly let down the public and James’ parents. They got it very, very wrong.
Okay, so let’s see this vile creature go to court under his new identity – and let us wait while the system of justice in this nation processes the latest crimes of this individual who was supposed to be ‘rehabilitated’. But one thing needs to be set straight; in the same way that authorities do not want his trial contaminated by his past as a child killer, it should also not be allowed that his messy childhood be used as an excuse for whatever he has done recently and be tried leniently for it. Maybe, hopefully, he will be tried as he was not allowed to be tried after he and Thompson slaughtered that beautiful little boy back in 1993. Now he can only be tried as an adult, a vile one at that, and we can hope that he will finally end up in an adult prison with other prisoners who have very long memories, and then his entitlement to all this anonymity must be withdrawn. He is no longer a ten year old, he is a grown man and must be treated as such. Possibly though, in a very round-about way, this could finally see true justice for little James Bulger after all these years.
They will be drawing straws to decide who defends him…
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