Prisoner claims he killed Bulger

PRISON bosses yesterday said they would review security for a prisoner after he reportedly claimed he was the killer of English child Jamie Bulger.

The Prison Service said it was “absolutely certain” Sean Walsh was not Robert Thompson, who in 1993 murdered Bulger along with Jon Venables.

Walsh, aged 25, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment this week for a vicious attack on his girlfriend in November 2004.

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