On 12 February 1993 in Merseyside, England, two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger. Thompson and Venables led
1993 in the United Kingdom
…1 February – Economists warn that unemployment could reach a new high of 3,400,000 this year. 12 February – Murder of James Bulger: a 2-year-old is abducted and murdered by two ten-year-old boys on Merseyside. 14 February – Unemployment is reported to be rising faster in Conservative…
James Bulger
Mug shots of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson taken at the time of their arrest