James Bulger was just two years old when he was lured from his mother's side at a Liverpool shopping area. Security cameras showed two others boys getting James and making off with him. James' battered body was discovered 2 days later on Feb. 14 1993 on a railroad track that was seldom used. He had been beaten and tortured. Sexual abuse was inconclusive. His body had 42 injuries so serious any of them could have been lethal. He was severed from being hit by a train. His assailants later admitted they laid his body on the train tracks to cover up their crime.
Police began investigating local teenage boys who might fit the description seen in the security surveillance tape. No connection could be established. Photos from the security cam of the alleged abductors were published in the newspapers and a woman recognized one of the boys and reported it to the police.
Jon Venables was just 10 years old and had been skipping school with his friend Robert Thompson on the day of the murder. Blood was found on Thompson's shoes and the pair were brought in for questioning on suspicion of murder. The boys were separated and interrogated. They cried but neither confessed nor expressed remorse for any wrongdoing however enough evidence was established to bring the case to court. And in Nov. 1993, both boys were found guilty of the brutal murder of James Bulger. They were 11 years old by the time of their conviction. They were sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.
After just eight years of incarceration both boys were deemed to be of no further threat to society and were released in 2001 on probation. They were both given new identities to protect them from furious mobs.
In 2010 Jon Venables violated the terms of his parole and was incarcerated again until 2013 when he was released. In 2017 he again violated parole when child abuse photography was found on his computer.
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were the youngest convicted murderers in the history of the U.K.
Police began investigating local teenage boys who might fit the description seen in the security surveillance tape. No connection could be established. Photos from the security cam of the alleged abductors were published in the newspapers and a woman recognized one of the boys and reported it to the police.
Jon Venables was just 10 years old and had been skipping school with his friend Robert Thompson on the day of the murder. Blood was found on Thompson's shoes and the pair were brought in for questioning on suspicion of murder. The boys were separated and interrogated. They cried but neither confessed nor expressed remorse for any wrongdoing however enough evidence was established to bring the case to court. And in Nov. 1993, both boys were found guilty of the brutal murder of James Bulger. They were 11 years old by the time of their conviction. They were sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.
After just eight years of incarceration both boys were deemed to be of no further threat to society and were released in 2001 on probation. They were both given new identities to protect them from furious mobs.
In 2010 Jon Venables violated the terms of his parole and was incarcerated again until 2013 when he was released. In 2017 he again violated parole when child abuse photography was found on his computer.
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were the youngest convicted murderers in the history of the U.K.
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