CHILD killer Jon Venables hopes to win parole before new laws allow Justice Secretary Dominic Raab to veto his release.
James Bulger’s murderer could be set for a full hearing as early as September.
Last week Mr Raab set out plans to put public safety above the rights of killers and child abusers — but they could take until next year to become law.
Meanwhile, Venables’s parole bid, which we first revealed in February, is already underway.
Officials last week contacted James’s family to ask them to submit new victim impact statements, setting out the damage the murder has done to them.
They are expected to be completed in weeks.
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Dad Ralph, 55, told The Sun: “If the Justice Secretary is serious on reform then he must allow me to be present at Venables’ parole hearing, just as I was at his Old Bailey hearing.
“I want Venables to hear why I believe he should have his parole denied.
“For too long, victims and families have been ignored while authorities put the so-called rights of dangerous criminals first.”
Venables and Robert Thompson were ten when they killed two-year-old James in Merseyside in 1993.
Both were released in 2001 with new identities.
Venables was jailed in 2017 for possessing child images.
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He was denied parole two years ago.
A Whitehall source said: “The Justice Secretary is determined to reform the Parole Board to ensure public safety remains paramount.”
