Bulger killer Venablesput back behind bars

Jon Venables, 27, who with Robert Thompson abducted and murdered James in February 1993, was released from custody in 2001, but he has been recalled following the breach, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said.

She said: “Offenders on licence are subject to strict conditions; if they breach those conditions they are subject to immediate recall.

“There is a worldwide injunction in place that prohibits any reporting including reporting on the internet, that could identify him or his location.”

Details of the breach were not released.

Venables and Thompson were both aged 10 when they embarked on a crime that stunned the world.

On February 13, 1993, they abducted James from a shopping centre and killed him on a railway line line 200 yards from Walton Lane police station in Liverpool.