Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson murdered James Bulger.
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Two people have received suspended jail terms after they admitted posting information online said to be about one of James Bulger’s killers, Jon Venables.
Richard McKeag, 28, and Natalie Barker, 36, were handed suspended jail sentences at the High Court on Thursday.
McKeag received a 12-month sentence, while Barker was handed an eight-month sentence – both suspended for two years.
James Bulger was abducted and killed in Merseyside.
They admitted posting pictures and information online they claimed related to Venables, thus breaching an injunction intended to prevent Venables’ identity being made public.
Mr Justice Warby said McKeag’s offences were “planned and deliberate”.
There is a court order in England and Wales banning the publication of anything that reveals the identities of Venables and Robert Thompson.
Venables and Thompson have been living anonymously with new identities since being released from a life sentence for the kidnap, torture and murder of two-year-old James in 1993, when they were aged 10.
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StandfirstThe pair admitted contempt of court after breaching an injunction designed to keep Venable's identity a secret.
Two people have received suspended jail terms after they admitted posting information online said to be about one of James Bulger’s killers, Jon Venables.
Richard McKeag, 28, and Natalie Barker, 36, were handed suspended jail sentences at the High Court on Thursday.
McKeag received a 12-month sentence, while Barker was handed an eight-month sentence – both suspended for two years.
James Bulger was abducted and killed in Merseyside.
They admitted posting pictures and information online they claimed related to Venables, thus breaching an injunction intended to prevent Venables’ identity being made public.
Mr Justice Warby said McKeag’s offences were “planned and deliberate”.
There is a court order in England and Wales banning the publication of anything that reveals the identities of Venables and Robert Thompson.
Venables and Thompson have been living anonymously with new identities since being released from a life sentence for the kidnap, torture and murder of two-year-old James in 1993, when they were aged 10.
