The morning of 12 February 1993 was like any other for Ralph Bulger, as he sat having breakfast with his wife Denise and toddler son James. He was happily married, he loved being a father and was content to live a simple life. All of that was swept away in a heartbeat when later that day his son was abducted and brutally murdered by two ten-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. It was a crime that shocked the world, and horrified the British public.
In My James, Ralph talks with searing honesty about the murder and the aftermath, from the police investigation and the trial to the nightmares that haunted him and the grief that ripped his marriage apart. He describes his outrage as his son's killers were given only eight years' detention in a secure unit and how he has found the strength to sustain a twenty-year battle against the legal system in a quest to achieve real justice for his son.
An incredibly moving and powerful story of loss and survival, My James is also a loving father's tribute to his son, an adorable young boy whose smile was so bright it brought joy to all who knew him.