It seems that with James Bulger's family, and other victims, there are still too many instances of them being pushed aside
Two significant people featured in the sentencing at the Old Bailey of Jon Venables last week. The first, obviously, was Venables, appearing via video link for his own safety, receiving two years for downloading and distributing indecent images of children, some as young as two, one showing the rape of an eight-year-old girl. Venables had also posed online as a mother selling her daughter to a paedophile for cash.
Terrible as all this was, the fact that Denise Fergus, previously Bulger, was also back in court, to watch, listen, "patrol", seemed positively heartbreaking. We all know who Denise is – the mother of two-year-old James Bulger, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two 10-year-olds, Robert Thompson, and Venables – known initially as "Child A" and "Child B" – in Bootle, Merseyside,...
Two significant people featured in the sentencing at the Old Bailey of Jon Venables last week. The first, obviously, was Venables, appearing via video link for his own safety, receiving two years for downloading and distributing indecent images of children, some as young as two, one showing the rape of an eight-year-old girl. Venables had also posed online as a mother selling her daughter to a paedophile for cash.
Terrible as all this was, the fact that Denise Fergus, previously Bulger, was also back in court, to watch, listen, "patrol", seemed positively heartbreaking. We all know who Denise is – the mother of two-year-old James Bulger, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two 10-year-olds, Robert Thompson, and Venables – known initially as "Child A" and "Child B" – in Bootle, Merseyside,...
- 7/24/2010
- by Barbara Ellen
- The Guardian - Film News
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