British authorities are said to be considering sending Jon Venables to an undisclosed country abroad, as the costs of keeping his identity secret are rising fast.
Venables, along with Robert Thompson, was convicted of the brutal killing of two-year-old toddler James Bulger in 1993. Both Venables and Thompson were just 10 at the time.
Both men were incarcerated for the crime and released on life-long licences when they turned 18, after much legal wrangling. Thompson vanished into anonymity, but Venables has re-offended at least twice and sent to prison, according to the terms of his licence.
Authorities have for years struggled to maintain Venables’ true identity secret, and the costs of doing so now rank in the hundreds of thousands. Therefore, he may be sent to live abroad, so Great Britain can wash its hands off him.
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