Jon Venables, the killer of two-year-old James Bulger, is allegedly about to be sent abroad to start a new life and UK taxpayers will pick up the bill.
The move is said to come as officials have grown tired of constantly having to create new identities for the child killer who was granted lifelong anonymity after he was found guilty of murder aged 10.
Venables, now aged 36, has been given numerous different identities since his conviction in 1993 but is continuously outed by outraged members of the public.
Jon Venables, the killer of two-year-old James Bulger, is allegedly about to be sent abroad to start a new life and UK taxpayers will pick up the bill
A source told the Daily Star: 'Venables is costing a fortune.
'The thinking is that it would be cheaper to get rid of him abroad, than keep forking out.'
Venables will most likely be sent to Canada but Australia and New Zealand are also options.
James Bulger was killed by Venables and Robert Thompson, both aged 10, on February 12, 1993, after the pair snatched him from his mother in a Liverpool shopping centre.
Both murderers were granted lifelong anonymity once they were released from custody and Thompson has never been heard of again.
Venables, on the other hand, has been jailed twice more after admitting to owning more than 1,000 'sickening' child porn images as well as a paedophile manual.
The move is said to come as officials have grown tired of constantly having to create new identities for the child killer who was granted lifelong anonymity after he was found guilty of murder aged 10
Earlier this year it was revealed that legal battles to keep his identity secret had cost UK taxpayers
