Mother of Murdered James Bulger Sent Abusive Messages By Twitter Troll

Twitter took 12 hours to remove the offensive messages

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has been sent ‘sick’ messages from a troll posing as the killer of her son on Twitter.

 

Denise Fergus received a series of disgusting tweets from the person, who was using the name @SirJVenables.

Merseyside Police are currently investigating after hundreds of Twitter users called for them to act.

The number of complaints to the micro-blogging site steadily increased and after around 12 hours Twitter disabled the account.

The messages, which appeared on Thursday, were sent to Denise Fergus in the form of poetry.

A Liverpool councillor who has worked closely with the Bulger family´s charity has also been targeted by a troll.

Independent councillor Jake Morrison in Wavertree, Liverpool, said he suspects the same troll was behind a death threat that he received.

Morrison told the Liverpool Echo that he was sent a sinister message after posting a picture of his newborn nephew.

He said: “I have been disturbed enough by what’s happened in the past but it’s taken a horrifying step up in the last few days. Talking about my two-day old nephew just takes it to another level.’

Jon Venables was convicted alongside Robert Thompson in 1993 over the abduction, torture and killing of two-year-old toddler James. The two defendants were just ten years old. The murder, trial and details of the case shocked the nation.

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