And still he followed. Wikimedia Commons James Bulger being kidnapped by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, as seen on CCTV footage. Just a couple of days later, Bulger was found on the same railway track where his killers had left him. A freak of nature. Venables was given another new identity after a "serious security breach" which could not be reported for legal reasons. As for Venables, he was also born in Liverpool, and just a few days before Thompson, on August 13, 1982. This led to a police investigation of the drive, which yielded dozens of images of abused children. 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 . Venables was still on strict probation following his 2001 release from prison. 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Today, while Thompson is believed to be assimilating back into society and living a quiet life, the same cannot be said of Venables. "The risk factors identified at the time of his offending included his sexual interests and an attraction to sexual violence as well as other issues considered relevant but amenable to change. Despite the fuzzy footage, it was two small boys that could be seen leading James Bulger (identified from the description of his clothing provided by his mother) to the exit. The child killer was released from a. Though Venables father was still in the picture, his mother was known to be harsh toward the young boy. Robert had no father figure as his dad abandoned the family five years before the murder. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. A source said: Hes been relocated all over the country a large number of times costing a fortune. Where is Robert Thompson now? This time, he also had a pedophile manual.This is my own fault,he allegedly told police. Hes with two young kids hes gonna be all right.'. He was visited regularly by his parents and was kept at Red Bank for the full eight years because of good progress, despite the facility only being a short-stay remand unit. Their young age, coupled with the brutality of their crime, shocked the United Kingdom to its core. Frantically she asked her daughter where he was. Venables was given a new identity with a fabricated passport, qualification certificates and medical records. I did kill him, Venables said. A woman concerned for the toddler told Venables and Thompson that she would take the child to the police station herself. "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. Where Are Robert Thompson And Jon Venables Now? James Bulger was seized and killed by Robert Thompson and his accomplice Jon Venables. After intensive rehabilitation, the pair were handed new identities. After momentarily becoming distracted, Bulger's mother noticed that he was nowhere to be seen. 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. View our online Press Pack. But this wouldn't be the only time Venables would have a brush with police. Hes gonna be all right, Denise, I said. Jon Venables was responsible for a sickening crime that horrified the nation. Nine months later, the trial began. He was then told that hed have to wait two more years before hed be eligible for parole again. But in 1993, these two British boys became cold-blooded killers and murdered a toddler. Venables, Thompson, and Bulger then walked into two different stores where they interacted with both shopkeepers who, though suspicious of the older boys, let them go. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Robert Thompson and Venables became Britain's youngest killers for 250 years, James Bulger was snatched from his mum in a shopping mall in Merseyside, Denise Fergus shows previously unseen family photos of her murdered two-year-old son for a new documentary 'James Bulger: A Mother's Story with Trevor McDonald'. It added that Jon had stated that hed benefited from psychological work in prison and didnt ask the panel for release. A staff writer for All Thats Interesting, Marco Margaritoff has also published work at outlets including People, VICE, and Complex, covering everything from film to finance to technology. With Bulgers mother, Denise, momentarily distracted, they got the toddler to come with them. In 2006, reports claimed Thompson was in a stable gay relationship at age 23 and had settled well into his local community in the North West. Footage of the boy's two abductors was released to the public by police. A move abroad would cost, of course, but the thinking is it would be cheaper in the long run.. This is one of the saddest and most devastating stories I have ever heard. The case was rejected by Judge Sir Andrew McFarlane, who argued the convict could be killed if his new identity was revealed. A woman would recognize one of the suspects, 10-year-old Jon Venables. 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. Later that night, one of the women saw the news that Bulger was missing. Venables and Robert Thompson - who were 10 at the time of the horrifying murder - were both convicted in November 1993. His identity is protected by a worldwide injunction - meaning that even trying to find out where he lives could land you in jail. All about his family, Was Dave Hollis Sick? 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). He was denied parole in 2000 and ordered to stay behind bars for at least an additional two years. A source told the paper that Venables told the panel and his probation officer he doesn't even want to be freed. Both Robert Thompson and Jon Venables had rough early years. In October 2020, a parole report stated that Venables was attracted to sexual violence and recommended that he remain in prison. They were a match made in hell. By all accounts, Venables and Thompson showed no violent or aberrant behavior in prison but instead served their time for the James Bulger murder quietly and without incident. A freak of nature. A life for a life.. He and his second wife Natalie McDermott, welcomed a baby girl in 2014. It wont be a slap on the wrist for me.. She called out to them once more as they walked away but they did not look back. The twisted child killer, now aged 39, took the youngster from a shopping centre along with friend Robert Thompson, before the baby's dead body by a railway track. But it didnt take long for Venables to confess. Venables, however, is in prison after being convicted twice of child pornography offences. James Bulger Story. James Bulger was not the first child that the pair tried to abduct. He was arrested yet again in 2017 for the same crime. In 2008, Jon Venables was given a formal warning for a drunken fight & was also arrested for a cocaine offence. With evening approaching, an elderly woman saw Bulger crying, noticed his injuries, and approached the trio to enquire what was wrong. And in 2018, he was sentenced to 40 months after admitting to possessing more than 1,000 child abuse images and the pedophile manual. We pay for videos too. What befell James Bulger? But it was ultimately an anonymous phone call to the police that implicated Jon Venables and Robert Thompson as the James Bulger killers. He had passed five GCSEs, taken A-levels and enjoyed trips to the Lake District and even to the theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Despite positive behaviour and landing a job in jail, Parole officials ruled Venables was still not safe to be released. In one of the most chilling photos in recent times, Venables was captured holding the 2-year-old James Bulger as Robert walked ahead of the pair. 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. To date, no significant attempts at vengeance have been made. The Netline reports that Thompson has fully integrated into society and has "built a healthy relationship" inside the community in which he lives. I shouldnt have let go of his hand, Fergus later said. The older boys ignored him and continued down to a secluded area near a canal. Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger The post was shared 627 times. In fact, that first child nearly became the victim. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. 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. His dad abandoned the family five years before Bulger's murder - leaving mum Ann devastated. After that point, the James Bulger killers were to be assessed and, if they werent deemed to be a danger to society, released. Toddler James Bulger disappeared on February 12 1993. In November 1993, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables became the youngest convicted murderers in British history. But once a child turns 18, their name can be reported. I shouldnt have let go.. Authorities considered Thompson to be the ringleader in the murder that he and Venables committed. On February 12, 1993, he was tragically murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. When officers arrived at his flat, Venables was attempting to remove or destroy the hard drive of his computer with a knife and tin opener. American Aviator Charles Lindbergh Was A God Among Men Until He Revealed His Nazi Sympathies, Two Seattle Artists Face Federal Charges For Faking Native American Heritage To Sell Art, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Though a train came and severed Bulgers body in two it was obvious that his demise was no accident. Motive aside, both Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were convicted, making them the youngest to be convicted of that crime in Britain in 250 years. We pay for your stories! He said: "I don't know how he was doing at school, but he was switched on and he was trying to con me, trying very hard". James Bulger's grieving father Ralph lost a High Court bid to have information about Venables made public. BWP Media/Getty Images Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, pictured after their arrest for the murder of James Bulger. By now, however, his forehead was bruised and cut, causing Venables and Thompson to pull the hood of the toddlers anorak over his head to try and hide the injury. With some evidence in hand and the knowledge that the James Bulger killers were likely two children, the police checked nearby schools absentee lists for the day of the disappearance. As for Venables, he has been thrown in prison again on multiple occasions, most notably for possession of child pornography and a pedophile manual, which described how to abuse young girls in sickening detail. The report revealed that Jon had a new identity, a job in jail, and was a model prisoner. Since being freed, Venables alone is thought to have cost the public around 5million. 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. Robert Thompson was born on August 23, 1982 - the fifth of seven children. While the abduction of James Bulger was caught on camera, police had few leads for potential suspects. This is a case that rocked Britain and shocked the entire world. Though Thompson tried very hard not to incriminate himself while he was speaking to the interrogators, he failed when he gave a detailed account of what James Bulger had been wearing on the day he was killed. His dad abandoned the family five years before Bulger's murder - leaving mum Ann devastated. I have let people down again. Lawyers working for him were paid 8,100 in legal aid, with government lawyers working on the case costing an additional 57,300. However, Venables was recalled to prison in November 2017 when he was caught with the sickening child abuse images once again. The pair tortured and murdered James, whose body was found by a railway line. Robert Thompson, now 36, said he is a "better person" thanks to his years in prison but. His body would be found two days later by a group of horrified teenage boys who were playing in the area. James Bulgers parents, pictured one day before their child was found dead. One person even saw Thompson kick Bulger in the ribs for resisting. Gone outside with the boy, she said. After murdering Bulger, Thompson and Venables placed his body on the railway track in an attempt to make his death look accidental. The 36-year-old has not re-offended since being released on licence when he was 18 years old. Then, dive into the maddening mystery behind the Atlanta Child Murders. But when Venables was recalled to jail in 2010, it emerged Thompson had done well at Barton Moss secure unit, in Eccles, Lancs, showing a growing interest and talent in art. She was also bothered by the fact that Thompson would cry, but there wouldn't be any tears. 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. The child killer was released from a young offenders institution under licence in 2001 and has not re-offended since. [Robert Thompson and Jon Venables] now 18, were sent to secure units in November 1993, after they were found guilty of abducting two-year old James Bulger and beating him to death, the Home Office has announced today that they will be freed after serving less than nine years of their sentence. They then bludgeoned him with bricks and stones, kicked his battered body, and shoved batteries into his mouth. Another investigator said Thompson "would cry whenever there would be an awkward situation," to avoid questioning. The ex-convict has kept his bargain of the clause of his release. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . 3 Retired detective Laurie Dalton recalled her feeling that Thompson was "pure evil" (via The Sun) and would try to manipulate the police during questioning. James Bulgers father Ralph Bulger (pictured) is fighting to keep Jon Venables in prison for life. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. On March 4, 2019, it was announced Venables is to keep his anonymity after a judge ruled it would protect him from "serious violence". "This is, therefore, a wholly exceptional case and the evidence in 2019 is more than sufficient to sustain the conclusion that there continues to be a real risk of very substantial harm to (Venables).". But no one did anything. He was jailed for two years. 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