Murder of James Bulger

INDEX  More about James  Introduction  Murder  Arrest  Trial  Post-trial  Appeal and release  Subsequent events

JAMES BULGER  BornJames Patrick Bulger 16 March 1990 Liverpool, Merseyside, LiverpoolMerseyside  ParentsRalph Stephen Bulger Denise Bulger (now Fergus)  Victim home: KirkbyEngland  Died12 February 1993 (aged 2) Liverpool, Merseyside, England  Murder by beating Murder

INTRODUCTION  Murdered by two ten years old boys.  New Strand Shopping Centre  The youngest convicted

MURDER  12 February 1993  The boys were playing truant from schooltruant  They were planning to find a child to abduct  Tom had disappeared at Tym's butcher's  “James was his younger brother.

James Bulger being abducted

TORTURING  Paint in his eyes  Kicked and stomped  Threw bricks and stones at him  Batteries were placed in Bulger's mouth and into his anus (denied).  Iron bar in his head  Laid Bulger across the railway tracks

ARREST  Detective Superintendent Albert Kirby  CCTV  Blue paint on their clothing  Blood on their shoes (DNA tests)  Part of a shoe worn by Thompson

TRIAL  1 November 1993  The parents of the accused were moved  The boys denied the charges  Doli incapax  Psychiatrist Dr. Eileen Vizard  The youngest convicted murderers of the 20th century  The names of the killers to be released

POST-TRIAL  Ten years  The Sun newspaper  The film Child's PlayChild's Play

DETENTION  The locations were not publicly  Taught to conceal their real life  Posttraumatic stress disorder

APPEAL AND RELEASE  In 1999, lawyers for Thompson and Venables appealed to the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Court of Human Rights  In October 2000, he recommended the tariff be reduced from ten to eight years  In June 2001, they release  Rules (they can be returned to prison)

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  2004 Jame`s mother received a tip-off from an anonymous source that helped her locate Thompson  2008 a memorial garden in Bulger's  Facebook  On 21 June 2010, Venables was charged with possession and distribution of indecent images of children

NEW VOCABULARY  Abducted  Playing truant from school  CCTV  Trial  Doli incapax  Secuestrado  Haciendo pellas  Circuito cerrado de cámaras.  Juicio  No responsables de sus actos.