At least a million children dead in Iraq and afghanistan since Gulf war one as a direct result. American soldiers have been prosecuted for the rape and murder of a child
Not that that is at all relevant.
Venables and Thompson were two badly damaged children themselves. Their trial was a farce. Their treatment outrageous and is a stain on the charectar of this country.
NO other civilised country treats children like this that they have to live in fear of a lynch mob the rest of their lives and treats damaged children as criminals. compare the Silje Redergard case for example.
To answer the OP
My question is, if he was given a new identity etc etc, who (and how) did anyone know to keep an eye on him and what sort of things constituted a breach.
Probation service were keeping a very close eye on him and as discussed on a previous thread on this the breach could be anything from a pattern of behaviour to petty crime to serious crime to a single incident of breaching conditions. We simply don't know.
Did his employer know who he really was for instance?
No they didn't.
Do large amounts of tax payers cash, in the form of "employer incentives" change hands in these situations?
No
The bottom line is that our countries obsession with criminalising and demonising children led to these boys names being released and thus to the situation where they have to be protected from the lynch mobs by the use of false identities.
Everyone deserves a chance of rehabilittation and redemption
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/03/erwin-james-jon-venables
