10th Mar 10
Jon Venables confessed his real identity to total strangers
by Adam Richards
Authorities have revealed fears of an attack by other inmates as pressures of keeping his name and background a secret led murderer Jon Venables to fights, drink drink and drug abuse.
The killer of the toddler is reported to have slipped into a persistent state of self disclosure, in which he felt compelled to tell others, including total strangers his real identity.
It has said that the mental state of the 27 became so fragile that he would often reveal his identity to total strangers; something which many experts say put him at risk of attack.
Sources have said that Venables had turned into a heavy drinker and also claimed that he used drugs. As Venables went into an increasingly disturbed psychological state, he had become involved in a number of serious confrontations and fights.
The Ministry of Justice has been strongly criticised for not disclosing why Venables was recalled. In a statement issued yesterday, Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, said that it was not in the public interest to do so, and that the motivation was solely to ensure that some extremely serious allegations were properly investigated and that justice was done.
It has been said that his declining mental condition had seen him transferred into the hospital wing of the prison where he is being held in an isolation room. It is understood that he has told staff and fellow prisoners his real identity, which makes it more likely that it would leak out.
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