Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, has been charged over indecent images of children.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old was recalled to prison in November and will be tried in private at an unnamed court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.<\/p>\n
He served eight years for the murder of James, aged two, in 1993.<\/p>\n
He and Robert Thompson tortured and killed the toddler in Liverpool, when they were both aged 10.<\/p>\n
A CPS spokesman said: “The man formerly known as Jon Venables has been charged with offences relating to indecent images of children.<\/p>\n
“In order that justice can be done, no further details are being released at this stage and the proceedings are subject to reporting restrictions.”<\/p>\n
On 12 February 1993, James – just a few weeks short of his third birthday – was reported missing by his mother from outside a butcher’s shop in the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, Merseyside.<\/p>\n
CCTV images showed him being lured away by Venables and Thompson. His body was found two days later on a railway line.<\/p>\n
He had been partially stripped and beaten to death with bricks and a metal bar.<\/p>\n
Thompson and Venables were arrested and charged within days. They were both convicted at Preston Crown Court of James’s murder, in November 1993.<\/p>\n
In 2001, the pair were released – with new identities – from secure children’s homes on life licence, meaning they can be recalled at any time.<\/p>\n
Following the 35-year-old’s arrest in November, the Attorney General launched an investigation into claims his identity had been revealed on social media.<\/p>\n
In 2013, two men who posted images they claimed were Venables and Thompson were given nine-month sentences, suspended for 15 months.<\/p>\n
Breaking the injunction that bans identifying the pair carries a punishment of up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"