London - The family of one of the killers of James Bulger has been forced into hiding after an alleged revenge attack, it was claimed yesterday.
Robert Thompson's family has gone into hiding for the ninth time in eight years after the attack four days ago, his mother said. A letter from her solicitor, approved by Mrs Ann Thompson, revealed how she was attacked and threatened last week.
The letter, released to BBC1's Panorama programme, came just days after the mother of the murdered boy James Bulger said she did not want vigilantes to take the lives of his killers. Ms Denise Fergus said she was frightened of an innocent person being mistaken for Thompson and Jon Venables. But she added: "I mean I'm not going to hunt them down, try and kill them, but if it happens then I can't stop it."
The Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, announced last month that Thompson and Venables were to be freed after serving eight years.