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Justice Secretary Jack Straw has agreed to meet the mother of James Bulger after one of the two-year-old's killers was taken back into custody. | Justice Secretary Jack Straw has agreed to meet the mother of James Bulger after one of the two-year-old's killers was taken back into custody. |
Mr Straw acted after Jon Venables breached the terms of his licence after being released from prison in 2001. | Mr Straw acted after Jon Venables breached the terms of his licence after being released from prison in 2001. |
Venables and Robert Thompson, both then 10, became the UK's youngest killers when they murdered James in 1993. | |
James's mother Denise Fergus wrote to Mr Straw after Venables' was sent back to jail earlier this week. | |
Details of how Venables breached his licence have not so far been released, although Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said he believes the public have a right to know. |