Jon Venables anonymity was awarded on basis he would not re-offend, court hears

Latest: The father and uncle of murdered schoolboy James Bulger have begun a legal challenge against an order which allows killer Jon Venables to live under a cloak of anonymity.

Update 3.40pm: The father and uncle of murdered schoolboy James Bulger have begun a legal challenge against an order which allows killer Jon Venables to live under a cloak of anonymity.

The High Court application by the boy's father Ralph Bulger and uncle Jimmy Bulger is being aired in open court before the most senior family judge in England and Wales.