Today’s true crime case takes us to the afternoon of the Friday 12th February 1993 when 2 year old James Bulger was out shopping with his mother Denise in the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, a town in the North West of England. Just before 3.40pm Denise went into a butchers shop and, whilst paying for some items, she let go of her son’s hand briefly. This decision would haunt her for the rest of her life as within approximately 4 minutes James had wondered outside on his own approached and was led away from the shopping centre by two 10 year old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson who then walked with James for 2.5 miles before murdering him.

This case has continued to caused anger in the 30 years since James’ murder not only because of his horrific death but also because of the short sentence that both murderers served, the fact they were given new lives and new identifies and that one of them, Jon Venables, has been convicted of a number of offences since his release including twice for possessing sexual abuse images of children. However, he has been able to maintain his anonymity throughout all this.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Start
00:02:56 Intro
00:05:13 Jon Venables
00:09:55 Robert Thompson
00:13:18 Jon Venables and Robert Thompson together
00:15:04 The abduction of James Bulger
00:24:44 James Bulger’s last walk
00:31:17 The murder of James Bulger
00:34:18 Investigation
00:46:33 Legal proceedings
00:52:05 What happened next?
01:03:42 Those left behind
01:11:24 Jon Venables and Robert Thompson: Profiles
01:20:09 End

Credit: Intro music by Eric Matyas: [ Ссылка ]

James Bulger Memorial Trust: [ Ссылка ]

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