Murder of James Bulger

1993 child murder in Liverpool, England

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On 12 February 1993 in Merseyside, two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger. Thompson and Venables led Bulger away from the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, after his mother had taken her eyes off him momentarily. His mutilated body was found on a railway line two and a half miles away in Walton, Liverpool, two days later.

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Thirty years after murder of James Bulger, his brother says killers 'will never be forgiven' The brother of murdered James Bulger has said he will never forgive the toddler's killers. Sky News - Published on February 11, 2023