Man arrested after James Bulger’s grave vandalised for the second time in weeks | EUROtoday

A person has been arrested after the grave of James Bulger was vandalised, police have introduced.

Two-year-old James was tortured and murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, then aged 10, after they snatched him from a purchasing centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in February 1993.

This week the teenager’s grave, in Kirkdale Cemetery, Liverpool, was reportedly broken for a second time in six weeks.

Merseyside Police said {that a} 78-year-old man, from Kirkby, had been arrested on suspicion of legal harm and theft.

The power stated it was knowledgeable that harm to the grave had been found at 1.20pm on Friday and the arrest happened at 4.10pm.

Temporary Detective Inspector Viki Lanceley stated: “A man has now been arrested and we will continue to update and support James’s family as the investigation progresses.

“I would encourage anyone with information to come forward directly to police as soon as possible.”

Venables and Thompson have been jailed in November 1993 after the pair of 10-year-olds dedicated one of the crucial infamous crimes in British historical past.

Both boys have been launched on licence underneath new identities in June 2001, however Venables was arrested for affray and cocaine possession in late 2008.

He was then recalled to jail in February 2010 after indecent photos of kids have been discovered on his laptop.

He was as soon as once more freed in August 2013 after which known as again in November 2017 for a similar offence, with parole judges contemplating his case once more in September 2020.

In 2023, the Parole Board rejected the bid, discovering he nonetheless posed a hazard to youngsters and will go on to offend once more.

It was reported in January that Venables was set to have his newest bid for freedom heard by a Parole Board, and that James’s household had been knowledgeable of the information. However, no date was confirmed by the Parole Board.