A number of Twitter users who posted photos claiming to show James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables face a possible jail sentence tonight after Britain’s chief legal adviser launched contempt proceedings against them.

Britain’s attorney general has launched an investigation after photographs purporting to show killer Jon Venables were allegedly posted on the internet.

Madonna today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of “purloined” photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.