James Bulger's father loses bid to make his son's killer Jon Venables' identity public
Murdered toddler James Bulger's father and uncle on Monday lost their bid to have more details released publicly about their child's killer Jon Venables.
The two-year-old's murder sent shockwaves across the UK in 1993 after it was revealed that the murderers were mere 10-year-olds. The toddler's parents since then have repeatedly requested the identities of the killers — Robert Thompson and John Venables — to be revealed as they do not deserve a life of anonymity.
A worldwide order was made in 2001, allowing Venables to live anonymously ever since his release from a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and murdering the two-year-old in February 1993. Venables and Thompson had snatched the toddler from a shopping center in Bootle, Merseyside, and they later tortured and killed him.