Bulger murderer returned to jail

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Bulger murderer returned to jail James Bulger was murdered in Liverpool in 1993 One of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger is back in prison after breaching the terms of his release, the Ministry of Justice has said.Jon Venables, now 27, along with his friend Robert Thompson, murdered the toddler in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993. Both killers were aged just 10. They were given life sentences, but released in 2001 with new identities and under certain licence conditions. The ministry did not detail the nature of Venables' breach of his licence. Mother's 'anxiety'It said in a statement: "We can confirm that Jon Venables has been recalled to custody following a breach of licence conditions. "Offenders on licence are subject to strict conditions; if they breach those conditions they are subject to immediate recall." Venables' solicitor at the time of his trial, Laurence Lee, told the BBC: "He could have been recalled on licence if he committed an offence, it could be that he returned to Merseyside, it could be he might have approached the family.[Read more...]

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