Parole officers cleared in Venables porn case

A REVIEW cleared probation officers of failing to prevent one of Britain's most notorious murderers obtaining child porn while he was on parole for killing a toddler when he was aged just 10.

Jon Venables, who murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 and is now 27, was jailed in July for collecting indecent images of children when he was supposedly being monitored.

A government-ordered review into his supervision concluded yesterday that probation officers could have done little to stop him, according to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.