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03/08/10(Mon)17:10:52 No. 7818987 ''Evidence
found on CCTV at the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle showed Venables
and Thompson casually observing children, selecting a target. The boys
were playing truant. Throughout the day, Venables and Thompson were seen
stealing various items including sweets, a troll doll, some batteries
and a can of blue paint, some of which were found at the murder scene.
It was later revealed by one of the boys that they were planning to find
a child to abduct, lead it to the busy road alongside the mall, and
push it into car traffic.'' ''The boys took Bulger on a 2.5 miles
(4.0 km) walk, leading him to a canal where he sustained injuries to his
head and face. During the walk, the boys were seen by 38 people. Bulger
was clearly distressed, but most bystanders did nothing to intervene
assuming he was a younger brother. Two people challenged the older boys,
but they claimed that Bulger was a younger brother or that he was lost
and they were taking him to the local police station.Eventually the boys
led Bulger to a railway line near the disused Walton & Anfield
railway station, close to Walton Lane police station and Anfield
Cemetery, where they attacked him.'' 8 years in a young offenders
institute (or whatever), it doesnt seem that the punishment fits the
crime