Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, has been charged over indecent images of children.

Venables, whose new identity is protected, will have his trial held in private at an unnamed court, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

The 35-year-old was recalled to prison in November after officials are said to have found indecent material on a computer during a routine check of his home.

Venables and Robert Thompson tortured and killed James, aged two, in Liverpool in 1993.

Venables served eight years for the murder.