Summary
People donated over £15,000 to fix James Bulger's vandalized grave. Vandals broke the heads off two statues near the toddler's headstone in a Liverpool cemetery.
Key Facts
- James Bulger, a toddler, was murdered in 1993.
- Vandals damaged two cherub statues on his grave at Kirkdale Cemetery in Liverpool.
- Over £15,000 has been donated to repair the damage.
- James's mother, Denise Fergus, started a GoFundMe campaign to fix the grave.
- Merseyside Police called the vandalism "abhorrent and truly shocking."
- Denise Fergus learned about the damage from a dog walker.
- James was killed by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson at a Bootle shopping center.