MPs must honour James' memory by telling truth about how he was failed

THE mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has urged MPs to "honour my son's memory" during a landmark parliamentary debate today about failings in the case.

- BEN GRIFFITHS

Denise Fergus has tirelessly campaigned for a public inquiry for the last seven years. And now MPs will finally address what she calls a "catalogue of failings" in the handling of her two-year-old son's murder by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in February 1993.

She said: "I want James's truth to echo around the Commons." During the session, MPs will discuss the decision to only hand James's killers sentences in juvenile courts before reducing the sentences later.

Denise also wants to know why James being sexually assaulted and his killers' attempt to kidnap another boy were not considered during sentencing and parole hearings.