Murder Victim’s Mother At Center Of Oscar Short Is Furious About Nomination

Irish director Vincent Lambe’s short film Detainment is based on the 1993 case of James Bulger, a two-year-old British boy who was tortured and killed at the hands of two 10-year-olds. Detainment has been nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, and while that may be cause for celebration for the filmmakers, it has sparked outrage from the victim’s mother Denise Fergus. She released a statement about the nomination, it reads:

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