The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has urged Labour to think again after it opened the door to raising the age of criminal responsibility.
Denise Fergus blasted a review by Justice Secretary David Lammy which said the Government will consider increasing the minimum age for prosecution from 10 years old in England and Wales.
Ms Fergus said the proposals were ‘a dangerous move’.
Little James, two, was abducted from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, and murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, both then aged 10, in 1993.
Labour’s sweeping review of youth justice, published on Monday, raised the possibility of police
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