Bulger killer charged

ONE of toddler James Bulger’s killers has been charged over indecent images of children and his trial is to be held in private at an unnamed court, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Jon Venables was returned to prison in November after he was allegedly caught with child abuse images.

The CPS released a statement yesterday revealing that he had been charged and was to face trial. BRITAIN will not stop in the mission to destroy the global network of the “evil and barbaric” Islamic State, the Defence Secretary has said.

Gavin Williamson, who was visiting Iraq for the first time, said eliminating the threat from IS is “critical” to UK security with the RAF having carried out more than a thousand strikes against extremists across the region.

Visiting Kuwait, Cyprus and Iraq this week, he praised ongoing efforts by British service personnel and their role in the 74-member global coalition campaign to eradicate the group.

“The dangers we face are changing and are intensifying rapidly. Eliminating the threat from terrorism is critical to our security at home and abroad,” Mr Williamson said.

“Our brave Armed Forces are working tirelessly, day and night, to defeat Daesh after helping to recover significant territory in Iraq.

“Only by defeating this evil and barbaric group for good will we reduce the deadly threat they pose to us.”

The Syrian city of Raqqa was recaptured in October and, in early December, Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced that IS terrorists had been driven out of his country following three years of fierce fighting.