London - A lawyer acting for Robert Thompson, one of the boys who murdered James Bulger, has denied reports in yesterday's Sunday People that his client tried to strangle
another prisoner. The solicitor, Mr Dominic Lloyd, said: "I can categorically deny these allegations. We do not know who made them, why they have been made or who they were made to. If this complaint is made formally then there will be an impartial investigation into these claims, and I would not want to prejudice this any more than this newspaper article has done already."
Thompson and Jon Venables, now 18, are due for release this year. A recent High Court ruling granted them anonymity.