Woman’s Day Australia – July 08, 2019

I

n 1993,two10-year-old

British boys, Jon Venables

and Robert Thompson,

caused shockwaves around

the world when they snatched

little blond, blue-eyed James

Bulger, who was just two,

from a shopping centre and

tortured, sexually assaulted

and murdered him.

It was an act so evil

committed by two children

considered so depraved that

they were jailed for life after

being tried as adults and

officiallybecominginfamous

as Britain’s youngest convicted

murderers in 250 years. Yet

they were released on licence

in 2001 and granted lifelong

anonymity and new identities.

BACK TO JAIL

The decision outraged the

British public and parents

around the world, but the

protests fell on deaf ears and

the two young monsters were

given a chance at rehabilitation

and a new start in life.

Thompsonhasnot

been heard of since his

release, but Venables,

who is now aged 36,

was sent back to jail

for another two years

in 2010 when he

was found to be in

possession of more

than 1000 sickening

pornographic images

of children.

And it is Venables who may

now be sent to Australia, New

Parents rage over ‘disgusting’ film

James Bulger’s parents had their marriage and

family destroyed when their little boy was

ripped out of their lives, yet they were forced to

relive the horror all over again earlier this

year when a film about the shocking murder

was nominated for an Oscar.

His father Ralph said “Hollywood should

hang its head in shame” over nominating

short drama Detainment, which portrays

James’ killers in a sympathetic light.

“There are some things that should be off

limits and the murder of a baby is one of

them,” denounced Ralph, who split from

James’ mum Denise Fergus because they

were both so consumed with grief they were

unable to comforteachotheraftertheterrible

crime. “To Hollywoodit is justanotherfilm.But

to me and myfamilyit is a livingnightmare.”

Ralph is “outraged”

by the shortfilm.

Denise says she thinks

of her son every day.

Zealand or Canada because

of the huge cost of keeping his

identity secret in the UK, where

judges ruled that his anonymity

must be protected because of

He was just 10 whenhe killed a toddler.Now,

26 years later, Jon Venables may be moved to Oz

Haunting CCTV

footage of

Venables and

Thompson

leading little

James away

from a

shopping mall.

COULD THE WORLD

NOTORIOUS CHILD

BE COMING TO AUS

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