Ruling awaited on protection for Bulger killers

A High Court judge is set to make a ruling on whether there should be a life-long injunction imposed to protect the new identities of the killers of toddler James Bulger once they are freed.

Family Division President Dame Eizabeth Butler-Sloss has been asked by lawyers for Jon Venables and Robert Thompson to grant an injunction which would virtually bar any publicity about the pair after their release from secure local authority accommodation.