Relative of James Bulger's killer sparks controversy by uploading photo of child lying on train tracks
A relative of Robert Thompson, who along with Jon Venables murdered 2 year old James Bulger in '93, shared a sick photo of a boy lying on train tracks after an online row.
A relative of one of James Bulger’s killers has suddenly brought the two-decade old murder case back to public consciousness in the worst way possible - by uploading a photo online showing a child lying on railway tracks.
In one of the most chilling cases since the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder of 1924, James Bulger, then two-years old, was abducted, tortured, and murdered by ten-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in 1993 in Bootle, Merseyside. The duo was arrested, jailed over the killing and then released with new identities in 2001. The case has prompted widespread debate on the issue of how to handle young offenders when they are sentenced or released from custody.