The pair were found guilty on 24 November 1993, making them the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history. They were sentenced to custody until they reached adulthood, initially until the age of 18, and were released under new identities and on a lifelong licence in June 2001. In 2010, Venables was sent to prison for violating the terms of his licence of release, and was released on parole again in 2013.
The case has prompted widespread debate on the issue of how to handle young offenders when they are sentenced or released from custody.
Murder: cctv evidence from the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle taken on 12 February 1993 showed Thompson and Venables casually observing children, apparently selecting a target. The boys were playing truant from school, which they did regularly. Throughout the day, Thompson and Venables were seen stealing various items including sweets, a troll doll, some batteries and a can of blue paint, some of which were later found at the murder scene. One of the boys later revealed that they were planning to find a child to abduct, lead him to the busy road alongside the mall, and push him into the path of oncoming traffic.
The two boys brutally murdered James near a railway that same day.
It's quite obscure because the characters George and Kinsey are very different. Kinsey accepts what he has done. Even says in the script that he isn't ever going to leave. And George is in denial. Never wants to talk about the incident and just assumes that after performing the play they will just be forgiven. George just wants to move on and doesn't want anything to do with Kinsey. We can see that the two characters are meant to represent John venebles and Robert Thompson because one of them (Robert) is not too bothered about what happend. And (John) gets very squirmy and unhappy when it's brought up in conversation. When goerge says "I don't want to talk about Worthing" we can also tell that they are representing the child killers. In the script George is talking to Kinsey about the murder and how he was only 11 years old.
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