Jon Venables charged over indecent images of children

[21.05.2016]

The sick ****er should now be locked away FOR LIFE and exposed. Enough really is enough, no more chances, no more new identities funded by the tax payer. Keep him locked up for the rest of his life.

IMO, I can understand giving them a new identity the first time but to give him a second one was a joke. He's continuously re-offended outside of jail. Once he blew his chance after being released the first time, that should have been that. He clearly cannot be rehabilitated and is still a danger to society.

Hope the ******* rots.

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The sick ****er should now be locked away FOR LIFE and exposed. Enough really is enough, no more chances, no more new identities funded by the tax payer. Keep him locked up for the rest of his life.

IMO, I can understand giving them a new identity the first time but to give him a second one was a joke. He's continuously re-offended outside of jail. Once he blew his chance after being released the first time, that should have been that.

Hope the ******* rots.


I suppose some 'expert' decided he was safe to be released.

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I suppose some 'expert' decided he was safe to be released.

the same "experts" that have just decided that guy with over 100 rapes and sexual assaults to his name is safe to be released into society :rolleyes:

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the same "experts" that have just decided that guy with over 100 rapes and sexual assaults to his name is safe to be released into society :rolleyes:

Indeed.

[Sir David Gray]

This guy, whatever his name is now, is no longer the "innocent" wee boy that is universally shown from his 1993 mugshot following his arrest for the murder of James Bulger.

This is a 35 year old man that we're talking about here, who has been in and out of prison several times now ever since his initial release in 2001 for serious offences relating to the possession of child pornography.

This is someone who is clearly unable to control his behaviour and has a very unhealthy sexual interest in young children. The time, money and effort that it must take to keep his identity a secret should be enough of a reason to keep him in prison. The fact that he is continually reoffending should be the final factor which determines that he must be kept behind bars.

The public need to be kept safe from people like him. He has shown that he cannot be rehabilitated and the only solution is to keep him locked up.

No more chances.

[21.05.2016]

This guy, whatever his name is now, is no longer the "innocent" wee boy that is universally shown from his 1993 mugshot following his arrest for the murder of James Bulger.

This is a 35 year old man that we're talking about here, who has been in and out of prison several times now ever since his initial release in 2001 for serious offences relating to the possession of child pornography.

This is someone who is clearly unable to control his behaviour and has a very unhealthy sexual interest in young children. The time, money and effort that it must take to keep his identity a secret should be enough of a reason to keep him in prison. The fact that he is continually reoffending should be the final factor which determines that he must be kept behind bars.

The public need to be kept safe from people like him. He has shown that he cannot be rehabilitated and the only solution is to keep him locked up.

No more chances.

Agreed. A truly sick individual that despite being given countless chances, cannot be rehabilitated.

His co-offender Robert Thompson seems to have been rehabilitated and living his new life in a good way, he's never been heard of since. So it can be done but some people you just can't fix. What Thompson must be thinking at his former pal doing this and yet again bringing their crime into the public spot light.

Lock him up for good and ffs stop protecting him! As you say, SDG, he is no longer the baby-faced little boy that we see in his police photo, he's a grown man and should be treated like every other adult offender.

[lord bunberry]

What happened to the other guy that attacked the child? I take it he’s managed to integrate himself back into everyday life.

[Sir David Gray]

Agreed. A truly sick individual that despite being given countless chances, cannot be rehabilitated.

His co-offender Robert Thompson seems to have been rehabilitated and living his new life in a good way, he's never been heard of since. So it can be done but some people you just can't fix. What Thompson must be thinking at his former pal doing this and yet again bringing their crime into the public spot light.

Lock him up for good and ffs stop protecting him! As you say, SDG, he is no longer the baby-faced little boy that we see in his police photo, he's a grown man and should be treated like every other adult offender.


What happened to the other guy that attacked the child? I take it he’s managed to integrate himself back into everyday life.

Robert Thompson has apparently not reoffended since he was released in 2001. He is reportedly in a long term same sex relationship with a man who knows his real identity.

Interestingly enough, he was described as the ringleader of the two by investigating officers and had apparently persuaded Jon Venables to carry out their actions that day.

[Hibrandenburg]

What happened to the other guy that attacked the child? I take it he’s managed to integrate himself back into everyday life.

Could it be that Venables manipulated him to take part in the killing?

[Hibrandenburg]

Robert Thompson has apparently not reoffended since he was released in 2001. He is reportedly in a long term same sex relationship with a man who knows his real identity.

Interestingly enough, he was described as the ringleader of the two by investigating officers and had apparently persuaded Jon Venables to carry out their actions that day.

I don't think we'll ever know why 2 kids would murder another kid in cold blood.

[stoneyburn hibs]

Venables was a kid himself when this all started. Some serious stuff must have happened to him before he carried out that heinous crime. Also imo the media must have had at least some bearing on his behaviour post event, he'll have seen everything in print like you or I . I'm not a social worker nor apologist, just trying to understand the bigger picture as surely nobody can be that evil.

[beensaidbefore]

Could it be that Venables manipulated him to take part in the killing?

Who knows, but I seem to remember thinking there must be some kind of sexual element to the batteries etc. Who knows what happened to warp his mind in this way but I reckon their must have been some kind of abuse directed towards him for him to even have those thoughts as a child.

The whole thing is very sad.

[Sir David Gray]

I don't think we'll ever know why 2 kids would murder another kid in cold blood.

I don't think we will either but I'm just going on what was reported at the time by the police officers who were interviewing the pair of them and dealing with the investigation.

Of the two, Thompson was deemed to have played a more active role in James Bulger's abduction and subsequent murder but he has apparently lead a law abiding life since his release, whereas Venables has repeatedly fallen foul of the law and been recalled to prison several times.

[beensaidbefore]

I don't think we will either but I'm just going on what was reported at the time by the police officers who were interviewing the pair of them and dealing with the investigation.

Of the two, Thompson was deemed to have played a more active role in James Bulger's abduction and subsequent murder but he has apparently lead a law abiding life since his release, whereas Venables has repeatedly fallen foul of the law and been recalled to prison several times.

See my comment above.

No child is born with those demonic thoughts. Whatever happened to him as a young boy manifested itself then and seems to have followed him through to adulthood.

He can never be forgiven for what he has done, but I have some pity for him as he is clearly a very disturbed, and monster.

[Sir David Gray]

See my comment above.

No child is born with those demonic thoughts. Whatever happened to him as a young boy manifested itself then and seems to have followed him through to adulthood.

He can never be forgiven for what he has done, but I have some pity for him as he is clearly a very disturbed, and monster.

Of course his background should be examined to delve further into why he did what he did but I don't think that can always be blamed on his actions, especially now he's a 35 year old man.

What I will say is there's plenty of people who have had tough childhoods and haven't had good starts in life but they don't go on to abduct, torture, sexually assault and then murder a toddler and then go on to possess serious child pornography.

He must take responsibility for his actions and he cannot continue to blame his upbringing on every bad decision that he makes.

[Scouse Hibee]

Anonymity should have been rescinded as soon as he reoffended

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Anonymity should have been rescinded as soon as he reoffended

Agreed. Shelling out taxpayers money to give him a second identity (which has has now also thrown back in their faces) was a disgrace. Can understand the first time but that should have been their one and only chance. To think about the amount of money we've spent on this deplorable individual to protect him over and over again is sickening

[Hibs Class]

Prison has four objectives: punishment, deterrence, rehabilitation and protection of the public. Given that c.25 years of rehabilitation has not had the desired effect, he should probably be kept in prison indefinitely for public protection.

[johnbc70]

Who knows, but I seem to remember thinking there must be some kind of sexual element to the batteries etc. Who knows what happened to warp his mind in this way but I reckon their must have been some kind of abuse directed towards him for him to even have those thoughts as a child.

The whole thing is very sad.

I think Venables was himself sexually abused by his brother.

[beensaidbefore]

I think Venables was himself sexually abused by his brother.

Makes it all the more cruel to know he contributed to the abuse of other children.

[Steve-O]

Who knows, but I seem to remember thinking there must be some kind of sexual element to the batteries etc. Who knows what happened to warp his mind in this way but I reckon their must have been some kind of abuse directed towards him for him to even have those thoughts as a child.

The whole thing is very sad.

There’s only one way that young kids learn how to perpetrate sexual abuse, sadly.

In terms of these latest charges, of course it is relatively serious. However, clearly seriousness has a bit of a scale, and thankfully he hasn’t reoffended in anything like the same manner. So, his release has been partially ‘successful’ in that he has not directly harmed another person.

Not condoning his use of these images, but such charges are not the type to attract permanent life imprisonment. That said, considering his past, not a good look. A very damaged individual no doubt.

As for the identity, releasing it now would just be ludicrous. Some idiot would assault / kill him and then all you have is another murderer in prison for the state to pay for.

[Steve-O]

Agreed. Shelling out taxpayers money to give him a second identity (which has has now also thrown back in their faces) was a disgrace. Can understand the first time but that should have been their one and only chance. To think about the amount of money we've spent on this deplorable individual to protect him over and over again is sickening

Exactly how much money do you think it costs to change a name? Absolute drop in the ocean of taxpayers money.

[Steve-O]

Of course his background should be examined to delve further into why he did what he did but I don't think that can always be blamed on his actions, especially now he's a 35 year old man.

What I will say is there's plenty of people who have had tough childhoods and haven't had good starts in life but they don't go on to abduct, torture, sexually assault and then murder a toddler and then go on to possess serious child pornography.

He must take responsibility for his actions and he cannot continue to blame his upbringing on every bad decision that he makes.

Has he himself ever blamed his upbringing?

Like it or not, the majority of kids are a product of their environment. There’s a ‘tough’ start in life, and there’s an absolutely abusive start in life where violence and sexual abuse is absolutely normal everyday occurrence at home.

While you say there are people who come out of that and have a normal life (I don’t know any), you’ll find that the HUGE majority of individuals who commit these crimes have had a horrendous upbringing.

Such an upbringing is totally different from someone from a loving family who don’t have a lot of money or the like, incidentally.

It’s too easy for people who’ve had a normal upbringing to dismiss the effect that has on people. Just imagine where you’d be if, for example, you had parents who didn’t work and subjected you to violence and/or sexual abuse day in day out for years on end. It doesn’t bear thinking about.

[Scouse Hibee]

Exactly how much money do you think it costs to change a name? Absolute drop in the ocean of taxpayers money.

Spent over a £1m on it so far,it's his identity they hide not just change his name.

[Steve-O]

Spent over a £1m on it so far,it's his identity they hide not just change his name.

Where is that figure from?

Even so, had he been in prison this whole time, more would’ve been spent in total and they’d have still had to have given him a new identity!

What should be remembered is that it is the very people complaining about him having a new identity that are the reason he needs one...

[Scouse Hibee]

Where is that figure from?

Even so, had he been in prison this whole time, more would’ve been spent in total and they’d have still had to have given him a new identity!

What should be remembered is that it is the very people complaining about him having a new identity that are the reason he needs one...

Really? I'm complaining yet he doesn't need one to be protected from me. The figure has been well publicised as I have read and heard it several times. It's not really the financial cost that matters though is it? It's the cost to the people/children who are used to satisfy the taste of him and others.

[Steve-O]

Really? I'm complaining yet he doesn't need one to be protected from me. The figure has been well publicised as I have read and heard it several times. It's not really the financial cost that matters though is it? It's the cost to the people/children who are used to satisfy the taste of him and others.

Clearly I don’t mean EVERY single person that complains. I’m sure you get the point.

I don’t understand your final point?

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

There’s only one way that young kids learn how to perpetrate sexual abuse, sadly.

In terms of these latest charges, of course it is relatively serious. However, clearly seriousness has a bit of a scale, and thankfully he hasn’t reoffended in anything like the same manner. So, his release has been partially ‘successful’ in that he has not directly harmed another person.

Not condoning his use of these images, but such charges are not the type to attract permanent life imprisonment. That said, considering his past, not a good look. A very damaged individual no doubt.

As for the identity, releasing it now would just be ludicrous. Some idiot would assault / kill him and then all you have is another murderer in prison for the state to pay for.

I was wondering what was taking you so long to appear on this thread.

[Steve-O]

I was wondering what was taking you so long to appear on this thread.

Good, balanced argument.

[IGRIGI]

In terms of these latest charges, of course it is relatively serious. However, clearly seriousness has a bit of a scale, and thankfully he hasn’t reoffended in anything like the same manner. So, his release has been partially ‘successful’ in that he has not directly harmed another person.


Aye fantastic results, let's pop the champagne.

[Scouse Hibee]

Clearly I don’t mean EVERY single person that complains. I’m sure you get the point.

I don’t understand your final point?

Yes sorry not that clear, I'm talking about the victims who are used to provide the images that him and his kind like to view.

[snooky]

Agreed. Shelling out taxpayers money to give him a second identity (which has has now also thrown back in their faces) was a disgrace. Can understand the first time but that should have been their one and only chance. To think about the amount of money we've spent on this deplorable individual to protect him over and over again is sickening

Again, my old mantra - the Law is an ass.

[Steve-O]

Aye fantastic results, let's pop the champagne.

Nobody is saying pop the champagne, but the point stands.

He’s got issues, but compared to the original offence, they are low on the seriousness scale. Clearly his access to the internet needs to be severely restricted.

[snooky]

Nobody is saying pop the champagne, but the point stands.

He’s got issues, but compared to the original offence, they are low on the seriousness scale. Clearly his access to the internet needs to be severely restricted.

I would suggest his access to children should be 'severely restricted' (ergo, the public). That's is more important surely.

[Steve-O]

I would suggest his access to children should be 'severely restricted' (ergo, the public). That's is more important surely.

I would assume that his access to actual children IS severely restricted, including while in the community.

[Scouse Hibee]

I would assume that his access to actual children IS severely restricted, including while in the community.

Assume nothing, then you won't be disappointed.

[Steve-O]

Assume nothing, then you won't be disappointed.

It is something of an educated assumption. If he does have unsupervised access to children, then he shouldn’t have. No evidence to suggest he does though.