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The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has spoken of her relief after a film about his death failed to win an Oscar.

Detainment, which is based on police interviews with 10-year-old killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, had been nominated for Best Live Action Short film.

Irish filmmaker Vincent Lambe came under fire following Detainment's release last year after it was revealed that he had failed to warn the family about the film.

James' mother Denis Fergus, who had called for a boycott of the film, expressed her delight after it was beaten to an award by Guy Nattiv's short Skin.

Posting on Twitter, she wrote: 'I'm so made up, that short film Detainment did not win the Oscar.

Denise Fergus (left) has spoken of her relief after a film about the death of her son James (shown right) failed to win an Oscar

Mrs Fergus, who had called for a boycott of the film, expressed her delight after it was beaten to an award by Guy Nattiv's short Skin

'Can't tell you just how relieved I am, thanks to everyone who has agreed with me on this.'

Ahead of Sunday's award ceremony, an online petition demanding Detainment's removal from the shortlist has so far attracted more than 230,000 signatures.

Mrs Fergus has repeatedly called for Mr Lambe to remove the film and accused the director of being 'obsessed' with the case.

However, Mr Lambe said pulling the film would defeat the object of creating it and said he had no regrets over the finished product.

Mr Lambe said the controversy following the film's Oscar nod had been 'stressful' and had caused the return of asthma he suffered with during childhood.

He claimed many of the criticisms levelled against the short picture are untrue, such as the claim it contains scenes of violence.

Detainment, which is based on police interviews with 10-year-old killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, had been nominated for Best Live Action Short film

During a visit to Ireland in January, Mrs Fergus said Mr Lambe had 'no right' to make the film and said he is 'obsessed' with her son's case.

Mr Lambe said he regrets not consulting James' family sooner, but said he wanted to make a 'balanced' film and it could have been prejudiced by going to relatives.

Venables and Thompson were both 10-years-old when they shocked Britain by abducting James, then just two-years-old.

The crime made the boys the youngest killers in modern English history and public enemy number one with millions of Brits.

The duo snatched Bulger from outside a butcher's shop in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993, while his mother popped into a store for just a few seconds.

The toddler's mutilated body was found on a railway line in Walton, Liverpool, two days later.

Jon Venables (left) and Robert Thompson (right) were both 10-years-old when they shocked Britain by abducting James, then just two-years-old

Venables and Thompson snatched Bulger from outside a butcher's shop in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993, while his mother popped into a store for just a few seconds

Venables and Thompson were found guilty of killing Bulger in November 1993 and were sentenced to custody until they reached 18.

They were freed in 2001 after serving eight years behind bars, but by 2010 Venables was back in prison for violating the terms of his release by possessing child porn.

It was revealed that he had downloaded and distributed more than 100 images of child abuse, some involving victims as young as two being raped.

In one instance he messaged another paedophile claiming to be a married mother who abused her eight-year-old daughter, and offered to sell access to the child.

He was freed from prison for the second time in 2013 after a recommendation from the Parole Board.

Timeline: James Bulger's murder and the conviction of his killers

1993

• February 12: Two-year-old James Bulger is snatched during a shopping trip to the Strand shopping centre, in Bootle, Merseyside.


• February 14: The toddler's battered body is found by children playing on a freight railway line 200 yards from Walton Lane police station, Liverpool, and more than two miles from the Strand shopping centre.


• February 18: Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, both 10-year-olds, are arrested in connection with the murder of James, and later charged. They are the youngest to be charged with murder in the 20th century.


• February 22: There are violent scenes outside South Sefton Magistrates' Court in Bootle, when the two primary school pupils, then known as Child A and Child B, make their first appearance.


• November 24: Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, now both aged 11, are convicted of James Bulger's murder following a 17-day trial at Preston Crown Court. They are ordered to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure, the normal substitute sentence for life imprisonment when the offender is a juvenile.

1994

• July: The eight year sentence tariff set by the trial judge, which has already been increased to 10 years by Lord Chief Justice Lord Taylor of Gosforth, is increased again to 15 years by the Home Secretary Michael Howard.

1997

• June: The Law Lords rule by a majority that Mr Howard has acted illegally in raising the boys' tariff.

1999

• March: The European Commission on Human Rights finds that Thompson and Venables were denied a fair trial and fair sentencing by an impartial and independent tribunal.

2000

• March: Home Secretary Jack Straw says he will not set a date for Thompson and Venables' release.


• October: Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf reinstates the trial judge's original tariff, paving the way for their release.

2001

• January: James Bulger's killers win an unprecedented court order from High Court judge Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss which grants them anonymity for the rest of their lives.


• June: Thompson and Venables are freed under new identities.

2008

• September: Venables is arrested on suspicion of affray after he and another man become involved in a drunken street fight. He is given a formal warning by the Probation Service about breaching the good behaviour expected of him as a condition of his licence.


• Later the same year he is cautioned for possession of cocaine after he was found with a small amount of the class A drug, which was said to be for personal use. The public remained unaware of both offences until 2010.

2010

• March 2: Venables is returned to prison after breaching the terms of his release, the Ministry of Justice says. It kick-starts frenzied media speculation over the nature of the alleged breach.


• April 16: Prosecutors handed a police file over the latest allegations.


• June 21: A judge at the Old Bailey lifts media restrictions, allowing it to be reported that Venables has been charged with downloading and distributing child pornography.


• July 23: Venables pleads guilty to the charges. He is sentenced to two years in prison. James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus attacks the length of sentence as 'simply not enough'.


• July 30: A judge rules Venables' new identity must be kept secret because of the 'compelling evidence' of a threat to his safety, saying 'unpopular' defendants had as much right to protection from retribution as anyone else.

2013

• July 4: Venables is granted parole.

2017  

• Venables is in prison again after allegedly being caught with indecent images of children.  

2018 

• He admits child pornography charges and is jailed for 40 months.

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