The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case

by David James Smith

  Mary Bell had tried to live with her name when she was released but had, finally, sought the protection of the court in changing her identity and keeping it out of the tabloids.

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  The court emptied quickly after the judge’s closing remarks. The media had copy to file, names to give, and the Merseyside Police were holding a press conference over the road.

  Bobby and Jon had already gone, out in their separate vans, past a large, baying crowd, and back to indeterminate detention. The lawyers gathered up their boxes and papers and folders of files.

  Dominic Lloyd and Lawrence Lee met in the otherwise deserted corridor of the court.

  ‘Well, no surprises there, eh?’ Lawrence said.