James Bulger was murdered in Liverpool in 1993One of James Bulger's killers has been returned to prison after he breached the terms of his release.
Jon Venables, 27, is back in jail after being released on life licence in 2001.
He was detained with his friend Robert Thompson for the horrific murder of the three-year-old toddler in Bootle, Liverpool, in 1993.
The Ministry of Justice said: "We can confirm that Jon Venables has been recalled to custody following a breach of licence conditions."
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Details of the nature of the breach were not released.
Both Thompson and Venables were given new identities when they were released after serving eight years for the little boy's murder.
On February 13, 1993, they abducted James from a shopping centre in Bootle and killed him on a railway line.
The toddler's battered body was found by children playing on a freight railway line near Walton Lane police station, Liverpool.
The two 10-year-old killers were arrested days later and became the youngest to be charged with murder in the 20th Century.
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