Jon Venables has made several trips to the city where he murdered toddler James Bulger since being released, it has been reported, despite a ban on him doing so.
The 27-year-old has visited nightclubs and a pop concert in Liverpool and even watched Premier League side Everton at Goodison Park, the Daily Mirror said.
But he has reportedly not visited Bootle, the city district where he and Robert Thompson snatched James 17 years ago and took him off to his death.
After being released on licence and with a new identity in 2001, Venables was ordered not to return to Merseyside, among a series of other conditions.
The further revelations about his behaviour come after it emerged this week that the killer was recalled to custody for breaching his licence. Ministers are refusing to give details about what he did, despite growing demands for more information.
Victims' rights champion Helen Newlove, whose husband Garry was kicked to death by a gang of yobs outside their home in Warrington in 2007, said it was cruel not to tell James Bulger's parents the full details.
She urged the Prime Minister to think again after he and Justice Secretary Jack Straw declared the new allegations faced by the little boy's murderer must remain secret.
Mrs Newlove said: "It is another case of the victims not coming into it and the criminals being protected. What Jack Straw has said is ludicrous. Venables has breached his parole and should be staying in jail.
"Venables and Thompson have been given everything on a plate and now we're not even allowed to know the circumstances surrounding this - it is a disgrace."
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Venables was taken back to prison last week after reportedly fighting with a work colleague and developing a drug problem. There are fears that the recall could see his new identity being discovered, because of fellow prisoners' suspicions about special treatment.
