Chindamo: There needs to be a proportionate response

I believe that Learco Chindamo, if and when he is released, should be allowed to live in peace. However, I don't support the idea of giving him a new identity, at public expense, under the witness protection plan, because he is not a witness to a crime and under threat of reprisals from the underworld. He is the murderer of Philip Lawrence who was a school headmaster. If he wishes to change his identity, he can do so at very little cost to himself by way of Deed Poll. It is being reported that if the government decides to go down this route "The cost to the taxpayer during the rest of Chindamo's life would run to millions of pounds". I feel that this is an unnecessary and totally unjustified expense. However, I don't agree with Frances Lawrence comparing this cost with what she received from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority following her husband's murder. They are two separate issues. There needs to be some genuine justification why the Chindamo family needs 24 hour police protection. They are not members of the Royal Family, nor MPs in sensitive jobs. Part and parcel of having committed a crime is having to reintegrate back into society at large, and this includes society accepting that an ex-prisoner needs to be allowed to get on with the remainder of his or her life. As high profile as the media has made this case, it is not in the same league as Mary Bell nor the Jamie Bulger killers. Would it be too much to ask that we have a sense of proportion injected into this case?