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Listen to the moment Jon Venables admits to killing two-year-old James Bulger in a newly released recording from 1993.

It’s thought to be the first time the child killer’s voice has ever publicly been heard.

“I killed James, I did it”, 10-year-old Venables tells police during an interview, in the audio played during the trial three decades ago.

A new Channel 5 documentary, James Bulger: The Trial, recounts the horror torture and murder of the two-year-old and recreates scenes from the courtroom.

The interview tapes played at the trial of Venables and Robert Thompson, who was also found guilty of the shock killing in Walton, Liverpool, on 12 February 1993, revealed how the pair cried “crocodile tears” as they both initially denied any involvement.

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00:00 A short while ago, you had a conversation with your mum,
00:05 and you then requested that myself and Dave Tanner
00:11 come into the room.
00:12 Is that right?
00:14 Yeah.
00:15 And what was it you told us?
00:17 That I couldn't have dreams.
00:20 Right.
00:21 Now, I know that took a lot of doing,
00:25 and you were very upset, as we all were.
00:28 It was a very, very powerful and, you know, pretty frankly distressing moment.
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