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Jamie Bulger's Mum Worried That Internet Trolls Could Be Her Son's Killers

Jamie Bulger's Mum Worried That Internet Trolls Could Be Her Son's Killers

Jamie was murdered in 1993.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

Featured image credit: PA Images

Back in 1993, the world was shocked to hear the news of Jamie Bulger's brutal murder at the hands of two ten-year-old boys.

They abducted, tortured and murdered the two-year-old before dumping his body on railway tracks 23 years ago.

Both Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have since been released from prison and given new identities. However Jamie's mum, Denise Fergus, is now worried that the pair are targeting her online.

Unbelievably, Denise faces abuse from Internet trolls despite the fact she went through one of the most unimaginable horrors a parent (or anyone) could fathom.

She and her husband, Stuart, spoke to Channel 5 about how these trolls have made them feel. She said: "I sometimes think, 'Is it a member of their family or could it be them? Because they could easily get in touch with me.

"They've been told not to...but what's to stop them writing to me on social media and pretending to be somebody else?

"It's really scary and the thought often goes through my mind it could be one of them."

Stuart then added that they had found out that some people had set up accounts pretending to be Venables and Thompson.


Credit: PA Images

Denise continued, stating that whenever her little boy is mentioned in the papers, it all starts up again and she is faced with yet more 'nasty' comments.

They've been through enough, if you send people like them sick messages you really need to give your head a wobble.

You can see exactly what else is said on the new Channel 5 program to be aired on Thursday at 10pm. It's called: Celeb Trolls: We're Coming To Get You.

Words by Mel Ramsay

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Topics: Murder, Mother