Police respond to a possible sighting of James Bulger. The location is over a mile from the shopping centre where he was reported missing. Lost Boy: Killing of James Bulger, Channel 5 2021, captions
Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are taken to separate police stations to be interviewed. ibid.
They both started blaming each other. Lost Boy: Killing of James Bulger II
‘They [crowd] wanted blood. They really did.’ ibid. rozzer
The prosecution called thirty-eight witnesses. They saw Thompson and Venables make the two-and-a-half-mile journey from the Strand to the railway line. ibid. caption
The cause of death was a result of multiple head injuries. ibid.
They were sentenced to 7 years and 8 months for the murder. To be served in a secure children’s home. ibid.
In 2010 Venables was sentenced to 2 years in prison for faking 57 indecent photographs of children and distributing 7 indecent images of children. In 2017 Venables was arrested again. ibid. captions
This is the story of one of Britain’s most dramatic trials. Told only by those inside the courtroom in 1993. Two of the youngest defendants ever. Charged with murdering a toddler. James Bulger: The Trial, Channel 5 2023
Two ten-year-old boys had been arrested over the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger. The nation was gripped with hatred for Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. ibid. caption
The trial was moved 35 miles away from Liverpool. ibid.
Thompson and Venables, now 11, pleaded not guilty to all charges. Instead, they accused each other. ibid.
The blood and paint had linked the boys to the scene of the crime. And the kick proved that Robert Thompson had attacked James. ibid.
Neither boy was to give evidence. ibid.
The killers of two-year-old James Bulger: ten-year-old Jon Venables and Robert Thompson … Two of the youngest convicted killers in modern British history. True Crime Recaps: Spine-Chilling Killer Kids, Youtube 29.40, 2023
Both boys had blue paint on their clothes and James’ blood on their shoes. ibid.
They only got eight years. ibid.
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The notorious Irish mobster Jim Whitey Bulger ... Within his own criminal circle he preached a code of honour, loyalty and trust. Mobsters: Whitey Bulger, Biography 2008
In the end Bulger himself betrayed his fellow mobsters. ibid.
The drugs were in huge demand. But Whitey never sampled his own product. ibid.
Bulger and Flemmi were linked to twenty-one murders, eleven of them while they were working for the FBI. ibid.
His last confirmed sighting was in Piccadilly Circus. ibid.
In November 2013, James Whitey Bulger was sentenced to prison for two consecutive life terms plus 5 years. ibid. caption
By 1979 Whitey controlled South Boston and all its underworld ... Whitey Bulger was the most ruthless mobster in South Boston ... In the early 1980s Whitey Bulger had killed and buried numerous victims in the basement of a house in South Boston. But now the house was up for sale … Unearthing the bodies was even more gruesome than burying them. Outlaw Empires: South Boston Irish Mob, Discovery 2012
James Whitey Bulger, legendary crime boss and cold-blooded murderer. A charming manipulator who got under women’s skin. A psychopath who ruled a vast criminal empire. Whitey Bulger: The Making of a Monster, Discovery 2015
The Boston underworld was a cut-throat and complex arena of rival gang dynasties. ibid.
The most wanted man in America was finally arrested. ibid.
Only Whitey knows where all the bodies are buried. ibid.
In 2013 James Whitey Bulger was sentenced to two live sentences plus five years by a federal judge. His case is currently under appeal. ibid.
You don’t understand, we’re taking the fucking liquor store. Whitey: United States of America v James J Bulger, Bulger to owner, CNN 2014
After 16 years the FBI finally has its man. Boston mob boss James Whitey Bulger was captured in southern California. ibid. news
A man so dangerous he joined Osama bin Laden at the top of the FBI’s most wanted list. ibid.
Bulger routinely met with FBI agent John Connolly and gave him information. ibid. court transcript
Weeks was one of the government’s star witnesses. ibid. news
Everybody can be corrupted. ibid. Weeks
19 alleged murder victims. ibid. news