LOOKING at the vulnerable seven-year-old dressed in a Harry Potter T-shirt in front of him, it was hard to believe that weeks ...

“Childhood is complex enough without ... who lived in Derby with her husband and children. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson Their horrifying crime, in 1993, shocked the nation when two-year ...

The most shocking element of this case is often considered to be the age of the perpetrators, as Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were only 10 years old at the time of James’s murder.

The Mail on Sunday has learned that, using his new identity, Jon Venables ... level move has infuriated James's family. Venables and Robert Thompson abducted their two-year-old son from a shopping ...

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who have been held in separate secure units for over seven and a half years, will be released as soon as the parole board decides they are ready. The decision was ...

Robert Thompson and Jon Venables - now aged 18 - were just 10 when they murdered two-year-old James, after leading him by the hand from a shopping centre on Merseyside in February 1993. Det Supt ...

James was tortured and murdered by 10-year-old boys Jon Venables and Robert Thompson who led him away from his mum at Bootle Strand shopping centre. Venables and Thompson became the country's ...

A judge has called for a “vitally important debate” about a “scourge of knife crime” among young people. Official figures show that knife crime rose by 7% in England and Wales in the year ...

Police identified the victim as Robert Thompson and called the attack a random act of violence, as the victim was reportedly headed to church services on West Third Street. Police made contact ...