re Facebook and the pictures of James Bulger's killers

[NessieMcFessie]

A friend of mine on Facebook has posted the pictures of James Bulger's killers as they look 'today'. I have no idea where they have come from or if they are actually the two men involved (and I don't know if she knows any of this information).

AIBU to report these pictures? She has had loads of support under her post.

[DreamsTurnToGoldDust]

Robert Thompsons identity is protected, from everyone, apart from anyone who he has a relationship with, no one knows.

[IneedAsockamnesty]

I would question the word of a police officer who provided such information in the full knowledge that they were not supposed to and knowing that information could be emotionally harmful to the person who it was repeated to.

I would also be curious as to how one would define flouting the conditions again and again.

Given that its quite subjective. Are 2/3 minor breaches over the course of a decade the same as 2/3 major breaches in 6 months?


Saying some one told someone who wrote it down and I read it,does not make it real.

[pigletmania]

Lockers this was public information I believe, why te hell should I know of his identity

[IneedAsockamnesty]

There is no evidence that he breached that condition more than once.

But either way. You do not know what he did or didn't do. Neither does anybody who is not professionally involved and those that are, are prohibited from saying

[pigletmania]

Well it des not seem like venables has learnt his lesson pressing chi,d pornography. God I can't stand all these apologists for the murderers

[pigletmania]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111040/James-Bulger-killer-Jon-Venables-kept-prison-safety.html

Hardly Private information

[pigletmania]

He obviously is revealing to people who he is, seems round of it if you ask me

[pigletmania]

Glad he is being let in prison where he belongs

[pigletmania]

Dies not sound very remorseful of his crime just the strain of keeping his identity secret

[IneedAsockamnesty]

I'm not an apologist either. Just because I don't believe every word of the sensationalist nonsense spouted in the daily fail or believe the sun to be an actual newspaper does not make me one.

[pigletmania]

I do even though it's sensationalist it still reports factual information too

[BettySuarez]

A 36 year old father committed suicide last year following false allegations that he was one of the killers. I would be horrified if anyone I knew was stupid enough to share these pictures on Facebook.

[IneedAsockamnesty]

Does anybody expect any paper to print a story saying how deeply sorry he is and how he wishes he hadn't done it?

True or not,would that make a really good story? Do you reckon it would sell papers that those waving figurative pitchforks would want to buy it because after all that's who those rags are aimed at.

[pigletmania]

It would sock, and would be good to hear mabey not from them directly that they were remorseful for their crimes

[IneedAsockamnesty]

According to reports at the time JV did say " tell his mum I'm sorry" but that's rarely referred to. And its more usual to have remorseless tagged onto stories