Tragic James Bulger’s mum has found light and happiness in her life but will 'always fight to keep Venables jailed'
06.03.2022 - 00:59
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James Bulger’s mum has found light and happiness in her life but says she will always 'fight to keep Jon Venables locked up'.
A heartwarming photograph shows a smiling Denise Fergus, who has turned her life around, cradling her tiny granddaughter Peyton.
Denise says she sees tiny flashes of tragic James in the 16-month-old tot - and she says she is always drawn to the picture of her smiling boy on the mantelpiece when the toddler visits.
The little boy she sits and stares at is two-year-old James, who was tragically abducted and murdered 29 years ago by two evil killers, both aged 10, reports the Sunday People.
Denise told our sister title how her granddaughter has “helped remind her of the happiness in the world”.
She said: “Peyton has been a power of strength for us and helped the light come back into our lives after James.
“Her dad Michael looks so much like James and I can see him in Peyton, too. It’s lovely.”
Denise will tell Peyton about her uncle James one day but said her granddaughter “is a reminder to try to focus on the happiness in our lives, not the tragedy”.
She added: “There is not a day I don’t think of James and now having Peyton in our lives gives me even more strength to fight in his name.”
And Denise needed all that strength last month when it was revealed Jon Venables, 39, one of James’ killers, is bidding for parole. He will appear at a hearing later this year.
She said: “I’m living an amazing life and most the time I’m flying with happiness but when this comes up it drags me back down again.
“It just deflates me, it’s just so hard. It’s been never-ending.
“But I will fight with everything I possibly can to keep him in prison. It is a life battle. I’ve done it from the beginning and I’ll do it until