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James Bulger's grieving father Ralph lost a High Court bid to have information about Venables made public. in March 2019. On 25February 2013, the Attorney General's Office announced that it was instituting contempt of court proceedings against several people who had allegedly published photographs online showing Thompson or Venables as adults. [85] A spokesman commented: 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. Paterson, Stewart (26 November 2017). "James Bulger's father demands son's killer Jon Venables is stripped of anonymity". Archived from the original on 11 April 2019 . Retrieved 30 August 2020– via www.nzherald.co.nz.

Margate woman jailed for 'cruel' James Bulger tweets". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016 . Retrieved 14 July 2016. Spence, Alex (21 December 2010). "Mr.Justice Bean". The Times (profile). London, UK. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016 . Retrieved 7 March 2016. a b "The Case of Jon Venables". Omand Review. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 . Retrieved 15 January 2012– via Scribd.com.In 2005, when Venables was age23, his probation officer met another girlfriend of his, who was aged17. After a number of "young girlfriends", it was presumed that Venables was having a delayed adolescence. [4] In 2008, a new probation officer said that Venables spent "a great deal of leisure time" playing video games and on the Internet. Cheng, Derek (24 June 2019). "Jacinda Ardern on UK child-killer Jon Venables' possible relocation to NZ - 'Don't bother applying' ". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019 . Retrieved 24 June 2019. Law Lords Department. "Judgments – Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte V. and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte T". Publications.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012 . Retrieved 15 January 2012.

Edwards, Richard (4 March 2010). "James Bulger case: timeline of key quotations". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010 . Retrieved 15 April 2023. He then described how witnesses had seen James with the two boys during the two-mile journey which lasted two hours and ended with his death. Many of them noticed that the boy was distressed, said Mr Henriques, but all seem to have assumed that he was in the care of an older brother or brothers. Jamie Bulger (left) was murdered in 1993. His father Ralph Bulger (right) is fighting to have his killer's anonymity lifted (Image: PA/Colin Lane)Mr Henriques told the jury: 'You may wonder why we go through this journey in such detail. One of the matters the prosecution seek to prove is that this whole thing was a joint enterprise from beginning to end. You will see time and again how each boy has hold of one hand. Each plays a significant part.' Foster, Jonathan (10 November 1993). "James Bulger suffered multiple fractures: Pathologist reveals two-year-old had 42 injuries including fractured skull. Jonathan Foster reports". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009 . Retrieved 28 August 2009. Thirty years later, the details are as familiar as they are horrific. The toddler with bouncy blond hair had let go of his mother’s hand for only seconds when he was lured away by two truanting classmates, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. That same afternoon, James Bulger, from Kirkby, went with his mother, Denise, to the New Strand Shopping Centre. Whilst inside the A.R. Tym's butcher's shop on the lower floor of the centre at around 15:40, Denise, who had let go of her son's hand to pay for her shopping, realised that her son was missing. [4] [12] Thompson and Venables had approached James Bulger, took him by the hand, and led him out of the shopping centre. [13] [14] The moment was caught on CCTV at 15:42. [15] [16] In the months after the trial, and following the birth of their second son, the marriage of Bulger's parents, Ralph and Denise, broke down; they divorced in 1995. [70]

In response, the film's director Vincent Lambe refused to withdraw the film from consideration, saying that "it would defeat the purpose of making the film". [151] See also [ edit ] James Bulger's father loses Jon Venables identity challenge". BBC News. 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019 . Retrieved 4 March 2019. Mr Henriques told the jury of nine men and three women that James was the only child of Ralph and Denise Bulger, of Kirkby. On Friday February 12, James and his mother drove to the Strand shopping centre at Bootle with her sister-in-law, Nicola Bailey. Jamieson, Alastair (7 March 2010). "James Bulger killer Jon Venables 'accused of child porn offences' ". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010 . Retrieved 7 March 2010.A storyline in the British soap opera Hollyoaks was set to begin in December2009, but cancelled after the series makers gave Bulger's mother Denise Fergus a private screening. Bunyan, Nigel (25 October 2016). "Man jailed for stalking mother of murdered toddler James Bulger". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2016.

Young men, full of remorse". The Guardian. 27 October 2000. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017 . Retrieved 15 April 2023. After they left the scene his body was cut in half by a train, and found two days later. How were Robert Thompson and Jon Venables caught? Coles, Richard (30 May 2010). " On Evil by Terry Eagleton". The Guardian (book review). London, UK. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014 . Retrieved 8 January 2014. The Bulger case chronology". The Guardian. London, UK. 16 September 1999. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014 . Retrieved 16 March 2010. Booth, Jenny (3 March 2010). "James Bulger mother: Killer Jon Venables is 'where he belongs' ". The Times. London, UK: News Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010 . Retrieved 6 March 2010.

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It quotes the 18-year-old Thompson’s parole statement to suggest he had been subjected to violence during his childhood, and had from the age of eight spent most of his time on the streets with “friends whose main occupation was committing crime and causing trouble”. Blease, Stephen (23 February 2009). "Young know what is wrong". North-West Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011 . Retrieved 29 August 2009. a b Foster, Jonathan (17 December 1999). "Bulger ruling: If the defendants could not talk about their crime, how could they conduct a defence?". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010 . Retrieved 12 March 2010.