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I Can't Forgive Boys Who Killed My Son

Denise Fergus on how she struggled to cope after the murder of her young son James Bulger.

Denise Fergus and her two-year-old son James Bulger had been out shopping when she let go of his hand for a split second. His killers, two 10-year-old boys called Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, abducted little James and brutally murdered him. The crime forced people around the world to re-think what children could be capable of. Now, 25 years on, Denise has written a book called I Let Him Go which tells her traumatic story in full for the first time. She tells Matthew Bannister about the struggle to overcome her son's death.

Image: Denise Fergus sits with her young son James Bulger
Credit: Denise Fergus

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