2 - Crimes against Children: The James Bulger murder

In January of 1993, James Bulger was a month away from his third birthday when he disappeared from his mothers sight in a shopping mall. This was no regular, tragic child abduction however, as the perpetrators were children themselves. Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: David James Smith, The Sleep of Reason (Arrow Books, 1995) Purchase here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7357185/James-Bulger-murder-timeline.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256109/Robert-Thompson-Social-worker-looked-James-Bulger-killer-speaks.html  https://www.bizarrepedia.com/venables-and-thompson/  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356231/Jon-Venables-gets-FOURTH-new-identity-set-early-release-child-porn-sentence.html

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Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind". Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.