Granada James Bulger

The Government must lay out all the facts of the case of the murdered toddler in a public inquiry to show there is nothing to hide, ministers have heard.

Jon Venables, who tortured and murdered two-year-old James Bulger in the 1993, will not be released from prison over concerns for safety of the public.

Jon Venables was convicted of killing James Bulger, 2, in 1993 but his latest sentence of possession of child abuse images stands for a parole decision.