Jon Venables, one of the notorious killers of Liverpool toddler James Bulger, has been released from jail for a second time with his fourth new identity, legal sources and reports said Tuesday.
The 31-year-old was jailed in 2010 for downloading images of child abuse but was granted parole in July, sources said.
Venables was first released from prison in 2001 after serving eight years for the brutal murder of two-year-old James in 1993.
The Daily Mail reported that each of his four new identities has cost British taxpayers £250,000.
Venables was 10 when he and his friend, Robert Thompson, tortured and murdered James after abducting him from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside.
They took the toddler to a railway line where they beat him to death using bricks and iron bars.
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said she could not comment on individual offenders.
“The re-release of life licensed offenders is directed by the independent Parole Board once they are satisfied they can be safely managed in the community,” the spokeswoman said.
“Their life licence lasts for the rest of their lives, and they may be recalled to prison at any time for breaching their licence conditions.”
James’s mother, Denise Fergus, told The Sun newspaper that Venables remained “a danger to the public”.
“He lies for his own sick ends,” she said.
“I have been told that the terms of his parole mean that he must not enter the county of Merseyside.
“But the Probation Service didn’t monitor him properly last time so I have no faith in their ability to do that now.
“They should’ve kept him locked up for a long time.”
Bulger killer Venables released from jail again
