The Australian man, branded by the head of one child protection charity as the world's worst pedophile, appears unlikely to receive any more financial aid, following revelations he got $500,000 of taxpayer money to defend scores of heinous charges including the murder, rape and torture of children in the Philippines.

Melbourne father-of-two Peter Scully, 55, was last week convicted on five counts of child rape, sexual assault and human trafficking by a court in Cagayan de Oro. He still faces another 69 charges in courts across the Philippines.

In March the federal government attracted severe criticism after revelations Scully had been awarded $500,000 over three years through the Serious Overseas Criminal Matters Scheme, a federal program which supports Australians on trial in foreign countries.

But Attorney-General Christian Porter today told Nine.com.au that Scully is currently receiving no government funding.

Scully still faces 69 charges in courts across the Philippines. Picture: Supplied

And, with the results of a review into the scheme imminent, it appears unlikely he will receive a cent more from the taxpayer to fund his legal defence.

"No assistance is currently being provided under the scheme in [the Scully] case," Mr Porter said.

Earlier, approvals of Scully's legal funding were rubberstamped by department officials under Mr Porter's predecessor, George Brandis, who is now Australia's High Commissioner to the UK.

Mr Brandis has since denied any personal knowledge of Scully's federal funding, insisting officials in his department were responsible for processing the application.

Public outcry over the reported half-million-dollars Scully received prompted Mr Porter to launch an immediate review into the Serious Overseas Criminal Matters Scheme, which also assisted Cassie Sainsbury's failed attempt to fight cocaine charges in Colombia.

"I have made clear that taxpayer assistance should be provided only where it is reasonable, and in line with community expectations," Mr Porter said.

"With that in mind, I have been reviewing the scheme and that review is close to being finalised."

It is understood the results of that review could be just weeks away.

Although Scully was hit with a life sentence last week – he is still facing more than 50 serious charges involving the alleged sexual abuse of children, some as young as 12 months old.

The Melbourne father fled to the Phillipines in 2011 to escape fraud charges, where he started his cybersex operations. Picture: Supplied

'SUBHUMAN' CRIMES

A former Victorian policeman who helped develop intelligence on Scully during a worldwide hunt for the pedophile has branded him "a total psychopath" and "subhuman".

"I'd categorise [Scully] as the worst case I've ever come across, in relation to child sexual abuse, torture and exploitation," Glen Hulley told Nine.com.au.

"He is a psychopath and sociopath with very little regard or empathy for suffering."

Hulley now works in Southeast Asia, heading up a child protection charity which prevents sexual exploitation of children in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The ex-Victorian cop's involvement in the Scully investigation exposed him to a large body of disturbing evidence and movies allegedly filmed in Scully's home on the island of Mindanao.

It is alleged Scully operated a worldwide pedophile network from his Philippines base, selling films involving the rape and torture of children to an international ring.

Peter Gerard Scully stands behind investigators from the National Bureau of Investigation. (Source: Rappler) (Rappler)

One of the movies – titled Daisy's Destruction – was so violent in its abuse of an 18-month-old baby that multiple international law enforcement agencies launched a global hunt for Scully.

Although Scully's face was blurred in the Daisy's Destruction film, Hulley said police realised the central figure in the video was Australian because of the accent.

Scully is also accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl before strangling her and burying her body in concrete under the house he was renting.

Police believe one of Scully's trademarks was making his victims dig their own graves.

"These aren't your standard pedophile crimes," Hulley said.

"This is a next level type of operation which turned commercial, and he was making a lot of money."

Investigators believed Scully took impoverished children off the street with offers of food and money.

55-year-old Scully found guilty of one count of human trafficking and five counts of rape by sexual assault. Picture: Supplied

Lured back to his house, they were allegedly raped, tortured and abused by Scully and his girlfriend, accomplice and former sex worker, Liezyl Margallo.

The abusive acts were allegedly filmed and sold on the dark net.

Scully was finally tracked down and arrested in February 2015, after two girls escaped the house and alerted police.

Investigators seized a number of Scully's computers, hard drives and electronic devices.

Hulley claimed more than 1000 IP addresses had been forensically extracted from Scully's hard drives in the Philippines.

Those digital identifiers have been cross referenced by online child abuse units run by the AFP and task forces in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, Hulley said.

Hulley said many of those IP addresses have led to arrests in Australia and other countries.

In 2011 Scully fled to the Philippines to escape property fraud and deception charges, believed to total $2m.