I feel desperately sorry for Denise Bulger....and for the train driver too. And of course, it goes without saying, for little Jamie. How can any mother close her eyes at night, in peace, again, after her child ended his life on earth in this way.

John Venables, I believe, is back in prison. Whatever happened to both these boys was no excuse for what they went on to do to an innocent little boy.

Whilst I understand how hard life is for so many unloved, abused children, it still does not excuse this type of thing happening, and the boys have to face responsibility for what they did.

Whether they can move on, I've no idea. Whether they should be allowed to...I've no idea.

Certainly though, little Jamie Bulger never got the opportunity to grow up as these boys have grown up.

If a dog had ripped James in two, it would have been put down, plain and simple.   

I think sometimes, brains are either born so disconnected and miswired, or become so due to shocking abuse, that there is very little hope of a 'normal' life ever being lived. We, as humans, struggle terribly when those brains belong to children, whereas we would be baying for blood, were they adult brains.

My emotions lie with Jamie's Mother and Father, for each and every day, they have to live with the images of what happened to their beautiful, innocent and happy child, simply because for a moment he let go of his mother's hand...and took the hands of two boys who had planned to do what they did to a little toddler.

There but for the grace of God go all Mothers and their Children.