She has been ordered to pay £10,000 to cover the case's costs
Former Shameless star Tina Malone broke down in tears during a TV interview, after being given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for sharing a photo of Jon Venables online.
The 56-year-old actor was ordered to pay £10,000 for sharing the picture last year, as there is a global ban on publishing anything about the identity of Venables or Robert Thompson.
Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Tuesday's episode of This Morning, Tina claimed she had no idea at the time that what she was doing was illegal.
Explaining that she wasn't used to the internet or social media, she said: "I have never, on my father's grave, sent an email. I truly don't know what 'copy and post' is. I am a technophobe."
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Hollyoaks spoilers week 13 SLIDER
1 of 20Mercedes McQueen
Myra and Mercedes McQueen are getting ready for their wedding bonanza, but first - Mercedes wants to cleanse herself of sin, so she confesses them all to priest Joel Dexter. He might need to get a strong coffee first...
2 of 20Mercedes McQueen
Liam Donavon, however, doesn't seem too eager to atone for his own bad behaviour. In fact, he asks Mercedes to polish his shoes and even be his foot stool, otherwise he'll report husband-to-be Sylver McQueen for assault. Clearly ,he's enjoying having the upper hand.
3 of 20Joel Donavon
Joel tries to convince Liam to stop… Good luck with that, hun.
4 of 20Sylver McQueen
Sylver is thinking about his birth mum, Harriet, and Mercedes suggests getting her from the home and bringing her to the wedding. Breda McQueen overhears this and is upset but Sylver consoles her.
5 of 20Mercedes McQueen
Later, Liam tells Mercedes to jilt Sylver at the altar, or he will go to the police about Sylver attacking him…
6 of 20Juliet Quinn
Juliet Quinn barricades herself in her classroom and threatens to burn down the building.
7 of 20Myra McQueen
Myra and Sally, and Mercedes and Sylver get ready to commit their lives to one another.
8 of 20Sally St Claire
Meanwhile, Myra, Scott Drinkwell and Nana McQueen realise that Stevie Scaramouch, who Myra snogged last week, is the DJ at the wedding! Myra cries to them in the toilet about it, and Nana and Scott convince her it'll be okay.
9 of 20Juliet Hollyoaks
Juliet is in full meltdown mode as she keeps threatening to burn the school down. Brooke Hathaway has an idea and calls Darren Osborne over for help, still thinking they had a romantic affair.
10 of 20Hollyoaks wedding
It's the day of the double McQueen wedding… what could possibly go wrong?
11 of 20Maxine Minniver
Later, Yazz Maalik is doing a vlog report with Brody Hudson and Damon, in which Brody confesses their plans to move to America one day. Maxine is listening, and is gutted that Damon may leave.
12 of 20Maxine Minniver
Damon reassures Maxine that his dream plan with Brody doesn't mean he doesn't want to be with her, but she seems unconvinced. Later, Liberty Savage catches Maxine looking faint, but Maxine begs her not to say anything to Damon.
13 of 20Courtney Campbell
Courtney Campbell is back, and Jesse Donavon is delighted.
14 of 20Courtney Campbell
Everyone is getting under each other's feet at James Nightingale's flat. Eep!
15 of 20Maxine Minniver
Damon promises to take Maxine and Minnie Blake out for ice cream, but he gets held up at work.
16 of 20Misbah Maalik
Misbah Maalik can't figure out what's wrong with Maxine. It's possible that she has a brain disease, and if that's the case, she could only have a few months left.
17 of 20Damon and Maxine Hollyoaks
Maxine is hysterical, claiming to be getting worse by the day, but Damon is determined to help. Damon talks to Misbah, but his emotions take over and he starts shouting.
18 of 20Sienna Blake
Sinead O'Connor finds out that Laurie Shelby is going on a school camping trip tonight with Sienna Blake, and tries to hide her jealousy, but is furious when she sees Sienna and Laurie outside having coffee. She storms over to them and kicks off, but Sienna is confused, as Laurie hasn't told her about the camping trip yet.
19 of 20Sami Malik
Liberty wants her and Sami Maalik to have dinner with Sienna and Brody. Liberty is gutted to hear Sienna can't make it, but has an idea to invite Brody and Sinead instead, but Sami accidentally lets it slip that Sinead is his ex.
20 of 20Liberty Hollyoaks
Liberty is jealous, but still wants the dinner to go ahead. Liberty insists that she is fine but secretly might jealous.
Talking through floods of tears, she added: "I didn’t mean to incite or provoke any violence or anything. It was over a year ago. The repercussions have been horrendous on my life."
Tina then continued to explain how the last 18 months - including the £10,000 fine - has affected her family life, saying: "I'm terrified, I've got to pay it back, it just means I've got to go home and tell the five year old that we can't go to Euro Disney... I feel like I've let me mum down and me husband, but it was my fault though. I'm not feeling sorry for myself."
Recalling the moment she realised that what she had done had serious consequences, Tina said a journalist called her up about running a story. She added: "I moved house so I didn't get the first letter. My husband lost his job and we were going through a very difficult time."
Tina also told Holly and Phil that she was recovering from a breakdown at the time but said that it was "no excuse."
After wiping away tears throughout the whole interview, Tina concluded: "It’'s a lesson learned. I would say to people, seriously, watch what you do on social media."
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Venables and Thompson murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 when they were both just ten years old. They were released from prison after serving eight years. Venables returned to prison in 2010 to serve two years after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. There is a court order banning anyone from publishing anything that could lead to killers Venables and Robert Thompson being identified. Anyone in breach of that order could be jailed for up to two years.