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23rd Nov 2017

Child killer Jon Venables back in prison for possession of child sex abuse imagery

He was convicted of killing toddler James Bulger when he was 10-years-old.

Jade Hayden

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Jon Venables is back in prison for the possession of child abuse images.

Venables was convicted of the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 at the age of 10-years-old.

This is the second time that Venables has been caught with child abuse images on his computer after being involved in the distribution of child pornography in 2010.

The Sun reports that the now 35-year-old was recalled to prison again recently after a routine check in his home.

He and Robert Thompson are the youngest convicted murders in British history.

In 1993, the pair abducted two-year-old Bulger from a shopping centre in Merseyside.

Two days later, police discovered Bulger’s mutilated body on a railway line in Liverpool.

Venables and Thompson were charged with abduction and murder. They both served eight-year sentences before being released with new identities.

Bulger’s mum, Denise Fergus, tweeted “here we go again” following the news of Venables’ latest arrest.

Venables pleaded guilty to his first child pornography possession charge in 2010.

He received parole in 2013 and was given another new identity.