'Ruthless' boss told me to write Bulger killer story, says journalist

A News of the World reporter was told by a “tyrant” boss to write a story about one of James Bulger’s killers from an anonymous tipster, a court heard today.

The journalist is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office by paying prison officer Scott Chapman for stories about Jon Venables while he was in jail for child porn offences in 2010.