One of the killers of James Bulger has been jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.
Jon Venables, now 27, was 10 when he and friend Robert Thompson murdered the toddler in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993.
Venables was living in Cheshire when the images were found on his computer by a probation officer he had invited to his home, it has emerged.
James's mother Denise Fergus said "justice had not been done".
Her spokesman, Chris Johnson, said the two-year sentence "was simply not enough to meet the gravity of what this person did".
'Inadequate supervision'
Mr Justice Bean, sitting at the Old Bailey, said Venables had "colluded in the harm of children".
However, the judge said it would be "wrong" for Venables' sentence to be increased because of his previous crime.
But he stressed Venables would not be automatically freed after serving half of his jail term like any other prisoner and it would be for the Parole Board to determine when or if he would be released.
The judge partially lifted reporting restrictions to reveal Venables had been living in Cheshire at the time of the offences and that the case was dealt with by Cheshire police and Cheshire probation serv
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