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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. He and Robert Thompson became the UK's youngest murderers when aged 10 they killed James in Merseyside in 1993.
James's mother Denise Fergus wrote to Mr Straw after Venables' was sent back to jail earlier this week.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. A Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed: "The justice secretary has received a request to meet with Mrs Fergus. He plans to make arrangements to do so."
Details of how Venables, now 27, 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.
'Abhorrent crime'
However, so far Mr Straw - backed by the prime minister - has said the secrecy surrounding the breach was in the public interest, although he understood the "outrage" people might be feeling.
Jon Venables was released from prison under licence conditions
On Thursday, Gordon Brown said: "I can rightly understand the public outrage, even after so many years.
"But the public know that we cannot comment on individual cases that are going through the system and I think the justice secretary explained the particular constraints in this case.
"But I want to be absolutely clear that what matters here is that the justice system is allowed to run its course and that justice is done, whatever wrongs are committed."
Earlier this week, Mrs Fergus said Venables was back "where he belongs, behind bars".
On her Twitter account, she said: "I've always said that there are more good people than bad in this world, and the messages I'm still receiving proves it."
New identities
James was abducted by Venables and Thompson while at the Strand shopping centre in Bootle.
His battered body was found by children playing on a freight railway line more than two miles from the shopping centre.
The killers were given life sentences, but released in 2001 with new identities and under certain licence conditions.
A court order prevents details being published which could reveal their whereabouts.
Venables is due to appear before a hearing of the Parole Board which will consider the reason for his recall to prison.
The outcome of such hearings are not usually made public but a board spokesman said it was likely the result would be released because of the high profile nature of the case.