Different home lives of the schoolboy killers

James Bulger’s schoolboy killers attended the same primary school in the impoverished district but their home lives were significantly different.

James Bulger’s schoolboy killers attended the same primary school in the impoverished district but their home lives were significantly different.

Robert ‘‘Bobby’’ Thompson was one of six brothers brought up by their alcoholic mother in a rundown house in Walton.

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