James Baines, who tweeted images purporting to be of James Bulger's killer Jon Venables as an adult, has avoided jail.
Baines, 27, was sentenced at London's High Court to a 14-month suspended jail sentence for contempt of court.
The security guard from Liverpool, who is friends with the Bulger family, will also have to pay £3,000 in court costs.
In 2001, a court injunction prohibited the publication of any images purporting to identify the appearance, whereabouts, movements or new identities of Venables or Robert Thompson, who were convicted of two-year-old James' murder in 1993.
Both Thompson and Venables were 10 years old when they tortured and killed James in Bootle, England.
Due to the crime's disturbing nature, it was determined the pair would face serious physical threat or death upon their release from prison.
Baines' tweeted a photo of Venables as a child alongside that of an adult male on February 14 this year – two days after the 20th anniversary of the murder.
Accompanying the pictures was the message: "Its on bbc news about the jon venables pic on twitter saying its been removed eerrm no it hasn't."
Baines' counsel, Peter Lownds, said the pictures were posted at a highly emotional time in the community.
"He (Baines) had a very strong emotional reaction to the anniversary. He accepts it is not an excuse for his behaviour but it is offered as some explanation for why he became involved in the very substantial social communication over Twitter and Facebook at about that time."
Following the sentence, the Attorney General released a statement saying the worldwide injunction was in place for good reason.
"The order has been in place for many years and applies to both media organisations and individuals. It is meant not only to protect Venables and Thompson but also those members of the public who have been incorrectly identified as being either of them."
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