James Bulger Killer Jailed Over Child Porn

Child killer Jon Venables fell into drug addiction and alcohol abuse as his life fell apart following his release from prison in 2001. Now he sees going back to jail almost as a relief. He does not seem able to cope with life outside of prison. He has not been able to have a normal life mainly because of the terms of his release. Jon Venables was 10 years old when he and Robert Thompson abducted James Bulger from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993. They then took him away, tortured and murdered him. This crime has shocked the entire world and still shocks everyone today. The pair were given life sentences but released on licence in 2001 after being given new identities.

During the trial, Jon Venables has admitted that he thinks about the murder of James Bulger "every day". As well as remorse for the murder, Jon Venables also apologised for viewing child abuse images and said he was genuinely ashamed to have downloaded the images.

Now, he will return to an environment he knows well as he begins a two-year jail term for child pornography offences. He tried to destroy the evidence but he was not able to do so and dirty images have been found on his computer.

The judge said he should spend 2 years in jail and also ordered that he should not be able to use the internet for five years. These images and the attitude of the young man were certainly not appropriage and the judge has made his point about this.