James Bulger’s father Ralph has said his toddler son’s killer should never be freed again after he was dragged back to jail over child porn for the second time.
Jon Venables was arrested last week after officials making a routine visit to his home discovered the ‘sickening’ images on his computer and alerted police.
It is the second time that the monster, now 35, has been put behind bars for child porn offences, having been caught with a large hoard of images in 2010.
Venables and Robert Thompson were ten when they abducted James, 2, from outside a Merseyside butchers before torturing and murdering him in 1993.
Jon Venables (pictured after he was arrested as a 10-year-old), one of the killers of James Bugler, is back in jail after being caught with child porn – the second time he’s been recalled
Ralph Bulger (left, in 2011), James’ father, said that monster Venables could kill again and should spend the rest of his life behind bars
In CCTV footage that shocked a nation, Venables (seen holding the toddler’s hand) and Thompson are seen leading James out of the shopping centre and towards his death
Ralph and Denise Bulger, parents of James, during an emotional police press conference in the aftermath of his death
Ralph Bulger, James’ father, said that monster Venables could kill again and should spend the rest of his life behind bars.
‘You can’t rewire evil and that is what he is,’ Mr Bulger told The Sun. ‘Let him out again and he will strike again.
‘The child abuse offences he has committed over and over as an adult are part of a very frightening build-up to him murdering another child like James.’
It comes after James’ mother Denise accused the probation service of ‘covering up’ for ‘vile, perverted psychopath’ Venables.
She said: ‘I predicted Venables would re-offend unless they kept a very tight rein on him and I pray that now, someone from the UK government will finally listen to me.’
Venables, now 35, was arrested last week after officials making a routine visit to his home discovered the ‘sickening’ images on his computer and alerted police.
How Bulger killer Jon Venables is back in jail for the second time in seven years
Jon Venables is back in prison
Jon Venables was first released from prison in 2001, at the age of 18, and given a new identity to protect him from the risk of vigilante attacks – but he has been returned to jail twi
At the time, a psychiatrist ruled that he did not pose a danger to the public and was extremely unlikely to commit any further offences.
However, he developed drinking and drugs problems, and he compromised his identity at least twice by telling friends he was a convicted murderer.
When a probation officer visited his home in Cheshire in 2010 to discuss his fears that he could be in danger, he was attempting to destroy the hard drive of his computer.
The hard drive was later examined by police, who discovered that it contained dozens of indecent images of children.
Venables admitted that he had posed online as a 35-year-old woman who had abused her eight-year-old daughter, and was returned to prison.
It is the second time that the murderer has been put back behind bars having been caught with a large hoard of child porn in 2010.
The killer’s new identity is protected by a lifelong anonymity order and has been changed four times since his release in 2001, costing taxpayers £250,000 each time, and around £5million in total has been spent trying to rehabilitate him.
His arrest has led to calls for him never to be released again and a source close to the family said: ‘The question has now to be asked whether he has finally run out of chances’.
The Sun reported that Venables was rushed to a maximum security prison, which cannot be identified for legal reasons.
A source told the newspaper: ‘Every expense has been afforded him, every expert opinion offered, every opportunity given.
‘And yet here we are again. If he is found to have committed a new offence, then why should the public continue to pay through the nose to protect his anonymity any longer?’
Venables is now being held for breaching the life-long licence he and Robert Thompson were given after the brutal torture and murder of James Bulger in 1993.
Venables, who has not yet been charged with any offence, and Thompson were both 10-years-old when they shocked Britain by abducting James, then just two-years-old.
The crime made the boys the youngest killers in modern English history and public enemy number one with millions of Brits.
The duo snatched Bulger from outside a butcher’s shop in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993, while his mother popped into a store for just a few seconds.
The toddler’s mutilated body was found on a railway line in Walton, Liverpool, two days later.
Venables and Thompson were found guilty of killing Bulger in November 1993 and were sentenced to custody until they reached 18.
Ralph Bulger’s solicitor reads out a prepared statement following a parole hearing at Liverpool Crown Court for Jon Venables in 2011
The parents of James Bulger (left), Denise Fergus and Ralph Bulger (right, in 1996), said they were ‘filled with terror’ by the decision to grant parole to Venables in 2013
Thompson and Venables became public enemy number one during the trial into James’s death (an angry crowd are pictured remonstrating as the pair arrive at court)
The crime made Thompson (pictured) and Venables the youngest killers in modern English history
CCTV footage shows the final moments of James Bulger’s life, as he is led to a railway track by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson
They were freed in 2001 after serving eight years behind bars, but by 2010 Venables was back in prison for violating the terms of his release by possessing child porn.
It was revealed that he had downloaded and distributed more than 100 images of child abuse, some involving victims as young as two being raped.
In one instance he messaged another paedophile claiming to be a married mother who abused her eight-year-old daughter, and offered to sell access to the child.
He was freed from prison for the second time in 2013 after a recommendation from the Parole Board.
At the time, Denise and Ralph Bulger said they were ‘filled with terror’ by the decision to grant parole to Venables.
Mr Bulger said: ‘It is only a matter of time before he caves in to his lust for young children again.
‘Jon Venables is and always was a predatory sex killer who will never be changed. He will always be a danger to children which is why he must be locked up for life.’
After Venables’s conviction for child porn, a review discovered he had regularly breached a condition of his original release that he must not go back to Merseyside.
The probe said he would ‘certainly’ have been returned to jail sooner if officials had known his movements – which could have been monitored by a satellite tag.
Under strict rules put in place following his release from prison, the murderer has lifelong anonymity, meaning anyone he speaks to online will not know about his past.
Only a tight-knit cabal operating under conditions of extreme secrecy are allowed to know who he really is.
Under the terms of his life-long licence, one or two senior probation officers regularly visit Venables to ensure he is adhering to the conditions of his release.
The terms include a ban on travelling to Merseyside, and he also faces restrictions on accessing the internet.
Venables was given his first new identity when he was jailed in 1993, and a second when he was released from a sentence of indefinite imprisonment in 2001 aged 18.
In May 2011, his name and background was changed once again after a ‘serious breach’ in the security of the identity he had been using.
In 2013, officials said they would not give him another identity because he could not be trusted to keep it secret.
But they were forced to change their minds amid mounting fears for his safety if he is ever outed.
Pictures purporting to be of Venables were circulated on the internet in 2013, despite an injunction granting him lifetime anonymity.
The toddler’s mutilated body was found on a railway line in Walton, Liverpool, two days after he was abducted
The canal in Bootle, Merseyside, where it is thought Jon Venables and Robert Thompson threatened to throw James Bulger in as they toyed with how to torture him
The duo snatched Bulger from outside a butcher’s shop (shown) in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993, while his mother popped into a store for just a few seconds