Child killer Jon Venables has reportedly been sent back to prison after being caught with child abuse images on his computer for a second time.
The 35-year-old, who killed toddler James Bulger in 1993, was also jailed in 2010 after pleading guilty to charges of downloading and distributing child pornography.
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Venables was first jailed at the age of ten, along with his peer Robert Thompson, after they were found guilty of kidnapping, torturing and murdering two-year-old Bulger in Liverpool. Both men were released at the age of 18.
Denise Fergus, Bulger’s mother, told Sky News today that Venables’ third arrest “proves beyond any doubt what a vile, perverted psychopath he has always been”. She also criticised the probation service, saying she warned them that Venables would reoffend unless they kept a tight rein on him.
“What hurts me most,” she added, in a statement, “is the way the probation service has tried to cover this up. Venables was taken back into custody a week ago, yet I was only informed hours before it hit the press.”
The Ministry of Justice declined to comment to The Guardian.
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