This is a CCTV image of 2‑year‑old James Bulger being led out of a shopping mall, holding the hand of one of two 10‑year‑old boys, later identified as Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who had skipped school to shoplift before leading James away from his mother, who at the time was checking out at a butcher’s shop. The boys walked James for more than two miles toward a railway line, during which multiple passersby saw the trio, believing the older boys were just caring for a younger brother. At