He subsequently remains in jail where he is serving a three years and four months sentence. In November 2017, he returned to prison for possessing more than 1,000 indecent images of children.Ī judge jailed Jon for 40 months in February 2018 for possessing more than 1,000 indecent images of children. He walked free on parole again in August 2013. Police charged him with downloading and distributing sick child abuse images.Ī judge sentenced him to two years in prison in July 2010 for downloading and distributing indecent images of children. Jon Venables returned to prison in February 2010 after breaching the terms of his release. Police officers cautioned him for possession of cocaine later the same year. Police arrested him in September 2008 on suspicion of affray after a drunken fight and gave him a formal warning. He served eight years in juvenile detention for the murder of James Bulger and was freed on licence in 2001. Jon Venables, now 39, is protected by lifelong anonymity. Read more: Liked The Pembrokeshire Murders? All the true crime TV drama coming up in 2021 Where is James Bulger killer Jon Venables now? How old is he? The chilling CCTV footage of James Bulger walking to his death (Credit: Shutterstock) Judge, Mr Justice Morland, recommended a minimum term of eight years in jail.įinally, they walked free in 2001, with new identities and lifelong anonymity. The manner of his death is far too upsetting to describe here.įirst of all, the friends skipped school and snatched James when his mum was paying in a shop.Įyewitness accounts and CCTV footage later led the police to the killers.Ī jury found them guilty on November 24 1993. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson murdered James Bulger. Police found James’ mutilated body on a railway track on Valentine’s Day. Jon and Robert tortured and killed two-year-old James in one of the worst crimes in history. The nation was horrified that two children had killed another innocent child. Grainy CCTV footage shows them walking James away from the Strand shopping centre in Liverpool. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both 10, murdered him in cold blood. Toddler James Bulger disappeared on February 12 1993. Read more: Shannon Matthews: 12 other unmissable true crime documentaries available on My5 What happened to James Bulger?

James Bulger’s killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in their school photos (Credit: YouTube/Real Stories)

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