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The UK’s worst child murderers – from Jon Venables and Robert Thompson to killers of Elizabeth Edwards

Pair today join the grisly cast of Britain’s kid killers

THE two teen sweethearts, guilty of murdering a dinner lady and her young daughter, today add their names to the harrowing list of killer children.

The pair stabbed Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her youngest daughter Katie, 13, as they slept in their beds.

 Elizabeth Edwards with daughter Katie who were both found dead in their home in Spalding
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Elizabeth Edwards with daughter Katie who were both found dead in their home in SpaldingCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
 Elizabeth's killers ate tea cakes and ice cream after murdering her and her young daughter
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Elizabeth's killers ate tea cakes and ice cream after murdering her and her young daughterCredit: [email protected]
 The court heard Katie mumbled the words: 'I can't' in a 'scary voice' which was 'all croaky'
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The court heard Katie mumbled the words: 'I can't' in a 'scary voice' which was 'all croaky'Credit: [email protected]

The pair were dubbed the ‘Twilight Killers’ after it emerged they ate tea cakes and ice cream and watched the vampire movie after the murders.

The boy, now 15, became one of the youngest ever double murderers after admitting two counts of murder at Nottingham Crown Court.

The girl, who is also now 15, had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering the church-going dinner lady and her daughter due to her mental condition.

But the court heard she was the "driver" behind a "cold and brutal" plot to kill a Elizabeth and Katie.

In his closing speech prosecutor Peter Joyce QC said "brutality and contempt oozes from every pore of this girl" and she held the lives of her alleged  victims as cheaply as she would "a hamster or a goldfish".

But the killer teens are not the first to commit a crime which has shocked the nation and today join the grisly cast of Britain’s kid killers.

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson

 Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were both jailed for the crime but have since been released and given new identities
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Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were both jailed for the crime but have since been released and given new identitiesCredit: MARK STGEORGE
 James was lead away by the evil pair from a shop in 1993
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James was lead away by the evil pair from a shop in 1993Credit: MARK STGEORGE
 Tragic tot Jamie was abducted, tortured and murdered in Liverpool when he was just two years old
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Tragic tot Jamie was abducted, tortured and murdered in Liverpool when he was just two years oldCredit: MARK STGEORGE

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were just ten-years-old when they murdered two-year-old James Bulger.

The horrifying crime shocked the nation when the little lad was abducted, tortured and murdered by the evil boys before being dumped on railway tracks in 1993.

The pair were jailed but are now out of prison having been given new identities by the Government.

Snapchat Killers

 During the attack Angela, pictured, is said to have repeatedly begged the pair to stop
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During the attack Angela, pictured, is said to have repeatedly begged the pair to stopCredit: Getty Images

In December 2014 two teenagers – known later in court as Girl A and Girl B – tortured and murdered loner Angela filming the attack on their phones.

Dubbed the Snapchat killers the youngsters sent a selfie from inside a police van
after killing tragic Angela.

The teens also took a smiling picture beside Ms Wrightson before continuing to batter their victim with a shovel, coffee table, kettle and a screw-studded stick.

They were convicted of Angela’s murder and jailed for a minimum of 15 years.

A neighbour of the girls, from ­Hartlepool, Co Durham, said: “Separately they could be quite sweet girls but together they were devils.”

Mary Bell

 Mary Bell became notorious at 11 after being convicted of strangling two small boys
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Mary Bell became notorious at 11 after being convicted of strangling two small boysCredit: Keystone

Mary Bell strangled Martin Brown, four, and Brian Howe, three, in 1968, when she was just ten years old.

She was said to have strangled the boys, aged four and three, "solely for the pleasure and excitement of killing".

Bell received life in detention but was released at 23 and given a fresh identity to protect her daughter when she was born four years later.

She has had three assumed identities and has moved at least five times after being identified.

Killed for ‘a dare’

 Connor Doran was jailed for a minimum of 12 years for his part in the murder of homeless man Kevin Bennett
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Connor Doran was jailed for a minimum of 12 years for his part in the murder of homeless man Kevin BennettCredit: PA:Press Association
 Brandon Doran stood lookout as the attack took place, the prosecution said
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Brandon Doran stood lookout as the attack took place, the prosecution saidCredit: [email protected]
 The jury was told Connor Doran had goaded Simon Evans, pictured, by saying: "I bet you haven't got it in you to do him in."
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The jury was told Connor Doran had goaded Simon Evans, pictured, by saying: "I bet you haven't got it in you to do him in."Credit: PA:Press Association
 Kevin Bennett suffered a fractured eye socket, a collapsed lung and a broken ribcage and died in hospital six days later
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Kevin Bennett suffered a fractured eye socket, a collapsed lung and a broken ribcage and died in hospital six days laterCredit: PA:Press Association

Three teenage yobs were handed the equivalent of life sentences after beating a homeless man to death.

Brothers Connor Doran, 17, and Brandon Doran, 14, and their friend Simon Evans, also 14, set upon rough-sleeping Kevin Bennett outside a supermarket.

Mr Bennett, 53, died in hospital six days after the vicious attack in Liverpool in 2012.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that ringleader Connor Doran goaded Evans to take part in the beating, saying: “I bet you haven’t got it in you to do him in.”

Evans later told his friend: “I started kicking him, I booted him and now he’s dead,” the court heard.

Will Cornick

 Will Cornick struck teacher Ann in the neck and chased her from the room before sitting at his desk and saying “good times"
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Will Cornick struck teacher Ann in the neck and chased her from the room before sitting at his desk and saying “good times"Credit: PA:Press Association
 Ann’s family said their lives “had been changed forever” by her brutal killing
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Ann’s family said their lives “had been changed forever” by her brutal killingCredit: Tim Stewart

Schoolboy Will murdered his teacher Ann Maguire.

Cornick – described as “currently highly dangerous” – stabbed Ann, 61, seven times as she taught a class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds when he was 15.

He callously said, “I couldn’t give a s***” after stabbing the teacher to death.

Cornick said he had a “sense of pride” after the classroom murder and added: “Everything I’ve done is fine and dandy.”

Daniel Bartlam

 Daniel Bartlam attacked his mum with a claw hammer at their detached home in Redhill, Nottingham
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Daniel Bartlam attacked his mum with a claw hammer at their detached home in Redhill, NottinghamCredit: PA:Press Association
 Daniel Bartlam repeatedly battered Jacqueline’s face and head before setting her body alight
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Daniel Bartlam repeatedly battered Jacqueline’s face and head before setting her body alightCredit: PA:Press Association

Daniel Bartlam was just 14 when he beat his mum to death in a hammer attack copied from Coronation Street.

The teen repeatedly battered Jacqueline’s face and head before setting her body alight.

Schoolboy Bartlam was obsessed with TV soap murder plots and grisly horror movies.

He kept video clips on his computer of violent scenes from Coronation Street,   Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, TV drama Trial And Retribution and torture film Saw.

Four days before killing devoted mum Jacqueline, he wrote a soap script about “Daniel” murdering a woman named “Jackie” with a hammer.

Sharon Carr

 Sharon Carr had written about committing the murder and experiencing sexual pleasure from the killing
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Sharon Carr had written about committing the murder and experiencing sexual pleasure from the killingCredit: Ins News Group

Sharon Carr was aged just 12 when she stabbed 18-year-old hairdresser Katie Rackliff 32 times.

Some of the knife thrusts went clean through Katie’s body and diaries seized by police were full of sickening boasts about the murder.

Carr had a history of sadistic violence before the murder and once used a spade to decapitate a dog.

James Fairweather

 James Fairweather was eventually caught following a 14-month manhunt while out looking for a third victim
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James Fairweather was eventually caught following a 14-month manhunt while out looking for a third victimCredit: Eastnews Press Agency
 Victim James Attfield with his mother Julie Finch
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Victim James Attfield with his mother Julie FinchCredit: Eastnews Press Agency

James Fairweather was this year unmasked as Britain’s youngest serial killer after murdering two strangers — then plotting to slay 15 more victims.

James Fairweather was convicted of stabbing brain-damaged James Attfield 102 times then knifing to death Nahid Almanea three months later.

He was just 15 at the time.


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