European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. Novern pts 3, the stars and stripes Page 13 an artist s sketch shows two 11-year-old boys in court the youngest defendants Ever charted with murder in Britain. Prosecutor says accused boy described killing of toddler Preston England a one of two 11-year-Olds accused of murdering a 2-year-old boy confessed to the crime and gave police a Hilling account of it prosecutor said tuesday. Richard Henriques said at the trial that one of the boys who is referred to As child a described his role in the slaying of James Bulger. Before the tape was switched on he said he had killed James and repeated it on tape Henriques said. Henriques said child b told police that he and an other boy stoned James with backs but that the child would not stay Down. The prosecutor told the nine men and three women on the jury that the police tapes of the interviews snowed the boys changed their stories As police con fronted them with evidence. The tapes demonstrate the progression from total ignorance of James Bulger and events surrounding his death to partial knowledge through to each of the placing As much of the blame As possible on the co accused Henriques told the court on the second Day of the trial Henriques told the jurors that they would hear the  they the tapes demonstrate in the prosecution s submission on the part of both defendants is fluent capacity to Tell lies Henriques said. The de sense will make its Case Midway through the trial. Under British Law the boys May not  Michael Morland ordered that they be referred to As child a and child b. On monday As the two boys heard Henriques de scribe the slaying one boy remained Calm and impassive while the other was nervous and cried. The two Chubby dark haired boys Are seated next to so Cial workers on a specially raised dais so they can Sec the courtroom proceedings Over a brass bar in front of them. The boys who were 10 at the time Are charged with abducting and murdering James when he slipped away from his Mother in a Busy shopping mall in Liverpool on feb. 12. They have pleaded  crime provoked anger and dismay around the coun try. Crowds threw stones and eggs at police vans carrying the boys to their first court appearance in february. The trial was moved to Preston 30 Miles North of Liverpool. 3ftariques said monday that the two boys . 12 and spent the Day at the mall. They an noyed shopkeepers with their antics picked on an elderly woman and begged a Bank manager for change. They tried to abduct another 2-year-old boy earlier the same Day but his Mother saw one of the defendants beckoning her son and retrieved him the prosecutor said. The boys Nave pleaded innocent to attempted abduction. They snatched James while his Mother was fleetingly distracted Henriques said monday. They carried and tugged the toddler 2vi Miles a very Long and distressing walk for a 2-year-old," he said. When challenged by people along the route the boy passed James off As one of their Brothers or As a lost boy whom they promised to take to a police station the prosecutor  they took him Over an embankment to a railway line. He was subjected by the two defendants to a prolonged and violent attack Henriques said monday. Bricks stones and a piece of Metal appear to have been thrown a James on that  ten is the youngest age at which children can face Crimi Nal charges in Britain. Jurors must decide whether the boys intended to commit their crimes or a prank went horribly wrong. If convicted they will be detained indefinitely. Pope condemns abuses of capitalism Rome a Pope John Paul ii says unfettered capitalism is at the Root of Many problems in Europe and the rest of the  an interview published tuesday the Pope said capitalism has changed much in part because of the introduction of welfare state concepts but that income countries it has remained in its primitive state almost As in the last  he did t identify those countries. The Pope whose support of the Independent Soli Darity labor movement in his native Poland played an / important role in helping bring Down the communist systems in Europe said communism proved to be a tragic failure when put into practice. But he said the abuses of capitalism must be condemned. The Pope was interviewed by Jas Gawronski a journalist and an italian member of the european parliament for Turin s la Stampa newspaper. John Paul asked about a return to Power by sex communists in Poland Mamed it in part on what he called a polish habit exaggerated individualism that divides the opposition parties. On the War in the Balkans the Pope criticized the european Community for being inward looking in different and too inefficient to resolve it. I Shalikashvil goes to Seoul for Security consultations prom wire reports Seoul South Korea Gen. John m. Shalikashvil chairman of the joint chiefs of staff arrived in Seoul on tuesday to participate in a . South Korea annual Security meeting. Secretary of defense Les Aspin was scheduled Tolly from Tokyo for the two Day meeting set to open today. _ it will be the 25th meeting in the series of annual Security consultations. They started in 1968 to discuss ways to strengthen the .-South Korea combined defense posture against threats posed by North Korea. Quake shakes West Turkey Istanbul Turkey a moderate quake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Western Turkey on monday but no damage was reported the Anatolia news Agency said. The quake hit the provinces of Afton and Usak at8 16 p.m., the Agency said quoting officials at the Kandill seismological Center in Istanbul. It was also Felt in the neighbouring provinces of Kii Tahya Eskisehir and Ispa iia. Turkey s Aegean and Mediterranean coastal areas and the entire Eastern Region Are atop an earthquake prone Belt known As the Anatolian fault. Dutch mayor makes Waves Tilburg Netherlands the mayor of this dutch City is in hot water Over his private morning dip in the municipal swimming Pool. Twice a week 60-year-old Gerrit Brokx takes a Quick swim before the Pool opens to the Public. Pool manager Pieter Bax said the mayor is always out on time. But City councilman tiny Kox says he s gotten complaints that townsfolk have to wait forthe mayor to finish swimming before they can take their plunge. He acts like he s the King of Tilburg but he s jus the mayor Kox said. A spokesman for the mayor said the swimming Pool offered the mayor the Early swim time. The mayor needs to be at his office by 8 45 Ever morning said spokesman Hans Leewenkamp. So the swimming Pool offered him the Chance to swim alone starting at eight o  wife s ear lobe bitten off Jerusalem a Tel Aviv Man bit off his estranged wife s ear lobe and then did the same this Mother in Law police said monday. The Man had been detained after another attack on his wife last week but had been released on disown recognizance police spokeswoman Orit Daka said. In the latest attack the Man broke into his wife shome in Petal Tiva a suburb of Tel Aviv Early sunday Daka said. He bit his wife s nose and the bit off her ear lobe she said. Afterwards he attacked his 70-year-old Mother in Law Daka said. A Petal Tiva magistrate on monday ordered theman detained for seven Days Daka said. Both women were released from Masharon Hospital monday in Good condition Daka said. Pushing his Luck Rio de Janeiro Brazil first he said hews Lucky. Then he said it was god work. Now he. Just refers inquiries to his attorney. The Federal sayings Bank says rep. Joao Alv shas won Federal Bingo and lotto Type lotteries 24,000 times since 1988, according to news reports  one contest alone Alves won 130 prizes. Alves a 30-year Veteran of Congress an chairman of the Federal budget committee is one of 34 current and former Public officials accused of corruption involving Brazil s tax revenues. He has repeatedly denied charges of corruption. Alves testified last week to a joint congressional investigation that he had won the National soccer lottery 200 times. Those winnings defy the Laws of probability mathematician Osvaldo de Souza said