Why does ANYBODY need to know what John Venables did?

[sherminator]

i don't get it? Why does anyone need to know. Hows does this help anyone in the country go about their business?

I can only see it as the latest piece of gossip that saddo's want to know!

anyone got a genuine reason as to why it shoud be public domain?

[ummmm]

BOO...they were in a shop and he wondered out of it while she was paying for goods I believe.

[ummmm]

Smart...they are still there...

[smart1]

He has been going around TELLING people who he is/was! Sirely, proof enough that he needs to stay where he is (behind bars)

[daffy654]

B00 - Denise was in a shop paying for her purchases, James was standing behind her momentarily unobserved and Thompson and Venables took their chance and 'snatched' him.

[smart1]

I know ummm - read again hun

[Quinlad]

Judging from the look on his face, he doesn't seem to be showing any remorse in this photo.

http://tiny.cc/hRBxv

[B00]

There's a time and place for funnies (?) Quinlad, I don't think such an emotive topic such as this is one of them- do you?

Ahhh, cheers for clearing up how he got taken guys. Christ, the guilt she must feel too- doesn't bear thinking about does it?

[Quinlad]

As a matter of fact, Boo, I do. Genuinely.

[B00]

Really? Christ, do you laugh like a drain at funerals too?

[Quinlad]

No, but when I see a baying mob salivating over grisly details, I think it's worthy of ridicule.

[B00]

Well yes, can sort of see your point Quinlad, especially when we read such responses like the knee jerk ones of smart up there ^ I guess.

[smart1]

Knee jerk BOO? how did you draw that conclusion? nu knee jerk at all!

[B00]

"We do need to know, cos while he is out in the world, he is a risk to all of us"- that's the kind of knee jerk reaction I was refering to smart.

[smart1]

that is not knee jerk - that is very considered!

[B00]

Well to be fair Newsy, we don't actually know that Thompson is contributing to society do we? He could be a jobless bum sponging off us for all we know.

[smart1]

Odd though enews. that their defence solicitor said that of the two, he thought that RT would be the one to break parole.

[bobjugs12]

Reading this thread I can see that some people have got there heads way to far up there own arrses
Trying to convince them that their desire to know all the gory details could actually destroy the new case and allow a (possibly) guilty man to walk free, not to mention the fact that the false allegations over names have already left other people in trouble. It's like trying to argue with a brick wall.

The Justice system in this country (whether you agree with individual decisions or not) is still one of the finest in the world. Miscarriages of justice are incredibly rare; and, despite the media attention surrounding some cases, there are still plenty of bad people behind bars. The decision to release the individuals involved in the Bulger case was made by people with a lot more exprience and skill in the legal system than we posess, that doesn't mean I agree but that I believe we shouldn't jump staright in with our pitchforks sharpened and torches lit.

Unless you have a direct link to this case, or it is proven that Venables or Thompson are still a danger to the public then it has nothing to do with us. Except for the media-induced mob hysteria that is being displayed on websites, in pubs, across canteen tables up and down this country.

[theonlyone]

I thought one of killers had moved to Australia ...

[Bobbisox]

It's likely this is what was meant by 'protecting' Venables, I know what decent folk would like top see happen to him but we can't have mob rule, the system has failed Denise in the first place by releasing him and as I have said before, she is probably driven mentally to see who done this to her precious baby, but hunting dogs we are not, we can't take our pray and maul it to death as a fox, he will already be in solitary for his own protection and so be it as long as the Lord Longfords of this country don't step in with all the help he can get and get all the home comforts he can get as Ian Huntley keeps asking for...let him rot and with any luck he may even go on a hunger strike!