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| Man mistaken for Jon Venables on Facebook fears for safety | Man mistaken for Jon Venables on Facebook fears for safety |
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| Tue 9 Mar 2010 14.12 GMT | |
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| A father of two says he fears for his safety after he was falsely accused on Facebook of being Jon Venables. | A father of two says he fears for his safety after he was falsely accused on Facebook of being Jon Venables. |
| By 8am today more than 2,370 people had joined a group on the site asking whether Venables was David Calvert. | By 8am today more than 2,370 people had joined a group on the site asking whether Venables was David Calvert. |
| The group was removed after complaints to Facebook, but the rumours persist on other sites such as Yahoo Answers, with people claiming to have learned his identity via text messages. | The group was removed after complaints to Facebook, but the rumours persist on other sites such as Yahoo Answers, with people claiming to have learned his identity via text messages. |
| Calvert, who is originally from Liverpool, now lives in Fleetwood, near Blackpool. He was the subject of similar false rumours five years ago and endured a torrent of abuse. He had to produce family photo albums to prove his identity to doubters, and a panic button was installed at his home. | Calvert, who is originally from Liverpool, now lives in Fleetwood, near Blackpool. He was the subject of similar false rumours five years ago and endured a torrent of abuse. He had to produce family photo albums to prove his identity to doubters, and a panic button was installed at his home. |
| At the time Calvert said he was terrified for his partner and their young sons. "People have been turning up at my neighbours' houses with pictures of the killers printed off the internet, and saying one of them is me. Now I hear that threats are being made and I'm worried that someone will come for me or my girlfriend or hurt my kids," he said. "I'm too scared to go out of the house now. I have these people saying they will get me out no matter what and I'm terrified at what they might do." | At the time Calvert said he was terrified for his partner and their young sons. "People have been turning up at my neighbours' houses with pictures of the killers printed off the internet, and saying one of them is me. Now I hear that threats are being made and I'm worried that someone will come for me or my girlfriend or hurt my kids," he said. "I'm too scared to go out of the house now. I have these people saying they will get me out no matter what and I'm terrified at what they might do." |
| He said the trouble started six months earlier when he mentioned to a neighbour that he had served time in a Liverpool prison when he was younger. He had served a four-month prison sentence for fraud. | He said the trouble started six months earlier when he mentioned to a neighbour that he had served time in a Liverpool prison when he was younger. He had served a four-month prison sentence for fraud. |
| The justice secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday promised a thorough review of how Venables was supervised in the community before he was recalled to prison over alleged child porn offences. | The justice secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday promised a thorough review of how Venables was supervised in the community before he was recalled to prison over alleged child porn offences. |
| Lady Butler-Sloss, the former president of the high court's family division, who granted Venables anonymity on his release from prison, stressed "the enormous importance of protecting his anonymity now and if he is released, because those who wanted to kill him in 2001 are likely to be out there now". | Lady Butler-Sloss, the former president of the high court's family division, who granted Venables anonymity on his release from prison, stressed "the enormous importance of protecting his anonymity now and if he is released, because those who wanted to kill him in 2001 are likely to be out there now". |
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