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The boys were each charged with the murder of James Bulger on 20 February 1993, [9] and appeared at South Sefton Youth Court on 22 February 1993, where they were remanded in custody to await trial. [ 10 ] [ 23 ] In the aftermath of their arrest, and throughout the media accounts of their trial, the boys were referred to as "Child A" (Thompson ...
Jon Venables, one of two primary school pupils convicted over the abduction and murder of toddler James Bulger 30 years ago, is taking part in a parole hearing that could grant him his freedom ...
Whitey Bulger's father, James Joseph Bulger Sr., hailed from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with Irish parents. After settling in Everett, Massachusetts, James Sr. married Jane Veronica "Jean" McCarthy, [28] a first-generation Irish immigrant. [29] [30] [31] The eldest of six children, James Joseph Bulger Jr., was born on September 3, 1929. [23]
Thompson and Venables were jailed for life but released on licence with new identities in 2001. Venables, now 40, was sent back to prison in 2010 and 2017 for possessing indecent images of children.
The murder of James Bulger; On 12th February 1993, 2 year old James went missing at a Merseyside shopping centre. His mutilated body was found on a railway line two days later. A CCTV image shows James being led away by two older boys, which quickly leads the police to two 10-year-old local boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.
The killers of James Bulger in 1993 are among those who have been named in the past. ... were jailed for life at Leeds Crown Court earlier this year and given minimum terms of 16 and 18 years ...
The parents of murdered toddler James Bulger are “relieved” after the Parole Board made the “correct decision” not to free his killer Jon Venables from jail, they have said.
Bulger, who inspired Jack Nicholson’s character in Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film, “The Departed,” was arrested in California in 2011 and sentenced to two life terms in prison in 2013 after a ...