The ex-convict has kept his bargain of the clause of his release. After murdering Bulger, Thompson and Venables placed his body on the railway track in an attempt to make his death look accidental. But no one did anything. Mere luck had saved the boy and sealed James Bulgers terrible fate. This led to a police investigation of the drive, which yielded dozens of images of abused children. What about his mum, will you tell her Im sorry?. Police dropped the charges against him after he agreed to enroll in an alcohol awareness course. ", The report said Venables was benefitting from ongoing psychological work in prison and had taken part in programmes to address decision making, better ways of thinking and a propensity for sexual offending.. Both boys were ordered to be imprisoned until review when they turned 18. The source said: Venables told the board he did not seek release because hes worried that hell reoffend. They went out that day to kill I truly believe that. Adult criminals have also been given new identities over fears of a vigilante attack. Nine months later, the trial began. Ever since James was murdered so horrifically, the courts have bent over backwards to look after both Venables and Thompson. Several shoppers later remembered noticing the trio as they walked through the mall. They then led him to an area called Walton in Liverpool, where they tortured him, beat him to death, and abandoned his body on a railway track in an effort to make his murder look like an accident. He became eligible for parole in 2013, at which time Ralph Bulger told the parole board that he couldnt forgive his sons killers and that Venables should not be released. A freak of nature. The murder of two-year-old James Bulger shocked Britain. And if they hadnt been caught I fear they would have struck again.. At 18 years old, Venables and Thompson were both released from a young offenders institution under licence in June 2001. Interestingly, his partner knows his real identity. Later that night, one of the women saw the news that Bulger was missing. Harry Fletcher, a probation officers union official, talked toIndependentabout Jons difficulty with keeping his identity secret. The pair recollect a few details in which James Bulger was brutally tortured and murdered in February 1993. Channel 5 is set to air a new two-part documentary that tells the definitive story of the murder of James Bulger, who was horrifically killed by Jon . Footage of the boy's two abductors was released to the public by police. His current new identity came under threat in February 2018 after James Bulger's dad Ralph launched High Court proceedings against the order that allows him to live anonymously. While the abduction of James Bulger was caught on camera, police had few leads for potential suspects. The kid killers were condemned to an adolescent detainment office, where they resided until their parole in 2001 at 18 years old. The judge said: [Venables] is uniquely notorious and there is a strong possibility, if not a probability, that if his identity were known he would be pursued resulting in grave and possibly fatal consequences.. On one occasion, his probation officer made a home visit and saw that Venables was busy trying to destroy a hard drive from his computer. Rumours had spread widely on social media that Jon Venables, who murdered James Bulger in 1993 along with Robert Thompson, had had his eyes ripped out in prison . The mother quickly found her daughter, but there was no sign of her son. Upon their release, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were given new identities and granted legal anonymity for life due to the public fury that surrounded their trial and the danger of citizens hunting down the infamous James Bulger killers in order to take vengeance. He lives in a community in the North West. Robert Thompson, on the other hand, was not such an easy interview. The tot was kidnapped, tortured, and sexually abused by the two ten-year-olds. But most did nothing and those that stopped and questioned the James Bulger killers soon enough let them go on their way to ultimately murder the toddler. And in 2018, he was sentenced to 40 months after admitting to possessing more than 1,000 child abuse images and the pedophile manual. In fact, that first child nearly became the victim. He could now be kept in prison for the rest of his life ifthe board decides he poses too much of a risk to ever be freed again. James Patrick Bulger (16 March 1990 - 12 February 1993) was a two-year-old boy from Kirkby, Merseyside, England, who was abducted, tortured, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson (born 23 August 1982) and Jon Venables (born 13 August 1982), on 12 February 1993. However, Denise Fergus, James Bulgers mother, concurred with the judges ruling. Not only had both boys been truant that day, but Venables had also been seen with blue paint on his jacket (the same color that had been used to blind Bulger during his torture). This is one of the saddest and most devastating stories I have ever heard. RM2D3M2P8 - The grave of murdered toddler James Bulger in Kirkdale cemetery, Liverpool, June 22, 2001. 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Four years later, Venables returned to prison on the same charge. AT just ten years old, Jon Venables callously abducted and murdered James Bulger, 2, in 1993 in a case that sent shockwaves through the UK and the rest of the world. Venables and Thompson had brought blue paint stolen from the shopping mall and splashed it in Bulgers left eye. View our online Press Pack. With evening approaching, an elderly woman saw Bulger crying, noticed his injuries, and approached the trio to enquire what was wrong. His father had abandoned the family early on, causing his depressed mother to turn to alcohol and even attempt suicide. On February 12, 1993, he was tragically murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. WikimediaJames Bulger killers Jon Venables (holding the boys hand) and Robert Thompson (walking directly in front of the boy) abduct their victim just before killing him, as captured by a surveillance camera. Retired detective Laurie Dalton recalled her feeling that Thompson was "pure evil" (via The Sun) and would try to manipulate the police during questioning. But when the police eventually saw the CCTV footage from the shopping mall, they could not believe their eyes. But he found himself back in a maximum category A jail, which we cannot identify for legal reasons,after being caught with vile child abuse images following a top-secret police operation. They then bludgeoned him with bricks and stones, kicked his battered body, and shoved batteries into his mouth. The killer was 10-years-old when he and Robert Thompson murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993, which is the focus of tonight's new Channel 5 documentary Lost Boy: The Killing of James Bulger. James Bulgers, Ralph, father petitioned to have information about Jon Venables publicized. Venables was still on strict probation following his 2001 release from prison. Venables has now been caged for 40 months foradmitting having a paedo manual explaining "how to have sex with little girls" as well as over 1,000 vile child abuse images. It was also noted that Venables had not requested a release from prison or a transfer to an open jail. James Bulgers father, Ralph, stands outside Liverpool Crown Court after making a statement to the parole board in hopes of keeping Jon Venables behind bars. I shouldnt have let go.. February 13, 1993. Venables himself begged not to be released as he fears he will reoffend, a report in November last year stated. Venables, however, is in prison after being convicted twice of child pornography offences. From 1993 to 2001, Venables served time in the Red Bank secure unit in St. Helens, Merseyside. His body had been severed in two by a train. In November 2020, a source speaking toThe Sunconfirmed that Jon had asked the parole board not to approve his release. 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During their November 1993 trial, the world was equally shocked and outraged that two young boys could have the capacity to viciously murder a toddler. Daniel Rennie is a freelance writer residing in Melbourne, Australia. PA Images via Getty ImagesA policeman stands guard at the entrance of the site where the body of James Bulger was found on a railway embankment in Liverpool. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. "Risk factors identified in subsequent reviews include thinking about sex a lot, problems in maintaining relationships, concerns about self-awareness, and his ability to deal with stress. Police were focused on other children who already had violent records, and they remained convinced that the two boys from the fuzzy CCTV footage looked 13 or 14, not 10. In 2017, Venables was caught in possession of thousands of child pornography images and sentenced to a minimum of 40 months in prison. A two-year-old James Bulger was kidnapped and killed by the ten-year-old Robert Thompson and his partner Jon Venables. James was a two-year-old boy from a loving family who lived in Bootle, Merseyside. But when she asked another woman nearby to look after her daughter while she did so, that woman refused because her dog did not like children. On 24 November 1993, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were found guilty of the murder of James Bulger, becoming the youngest convicted murderers in the 20th century. However, the psychiatrists were not able to find a motive for this horrific crime. During the murder trial in November 1993, Thompson was depicted as the leader, and Venables the follower. In the wake of removing the baby from a mall in Bootle, Merseyside, two 10-year-old young men grabbed and killed him in 1993. tvguidetime.com The paint was showered in his eyes, blocks were flung at him, he was kicked, and batteries were embedded in his mouth. Within hours of that surveillance image being captured on the afternoon of February 12, 1993, 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson had tortured two-year-old James Bulger to death. He added: "As Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss held, (Venables) is 'uniquely notorious' and there is a strong possibility, if not a probability, that if his identity were known he would be pursued resulting in grave and possibly fatal consequences. He had passed five GCSEs, taken A-levels and enjoyed trips to the Lake District and even to the theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Dr. Ian Cumming, a psychiatrist, talked toIndependentabout the difficulties people with fake identities face when building relationships: So much about peoples interactions with others is built on trust, and if what youre doing and who you are is not really correct than thats quite a strain on the individual. Who was Wu Lien-teh and who was his wife Ruth? A woman concerned for the toddler told Venables and Thompson that she would take the child to the police station herself. And if they hadnt been caught I fear they would have struck again. Eventually, Venables and Thompson placed Bulgers dead body (a forensic pathologist later concluded that he was dead at this point) across the train tracks, in hopes of making the whole thing look like an accident, and abandoned the scene before a train came along and severed the toddler in two. Learn more about it in the article below. The report revealed that Jon had a new identity, a job in jail, and was a model prisoner. And even by 2000, top child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter claimed the risk posed by Venables on his release was "trivial". Both of them served their eight-year sentences and earned release from prison in 2001 after they each had turned 18. 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