One of the State’s most depraved paedophiles could be locked up for the rest of his life after breaching a supervision order nearly a dozen times — including donating to a children’s charity.
Bradley Pen Dragon returned to WA Supreme Court via video link from Hakea Prison on Thursday, less than a year after being released from his latest prison stint over another breach in March 2025.
Court documents reveal he contravened the order in March after he was found in possession of “two Blu Ray movies which contained images of children both in the movie and on the cover of the discs”.
The 66-year-old has been a high risk serious offender since 2022.
Dragon’s release into the community was on the strict proviso he comply with 62 conditions attached to a 10-year supervision order, including keeping a diary of his daily movements and interactions, and undergoing anti-libidinal treatment to reduce his sex drive.
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Since then, he has been convicted of 11 breaches of that order, some of which included making donations to Save the Children, possessing a booklet with photographs of children, and possessing a book with images of naked adolescent models.
It prompted an application to rescind the order and put him back behind bars indefinitely.
Justice Joseph McGrath will now decide whether he remains behind bars indefinitely, be released under the same supervision order or be released under the same supervision order with different conditions.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Peter Wynn Owen was called as a witness on Thursday, and told the court it was “highly likely” Dragon would comply with a new supervision order.
But he said Dragon saw himself as a victim, meaning he would likely contest whether certain conditions were reasonable.
“Mr Dragon will tend to scrutinise these things extremely carefully … he sees himself as something like a victim, and he’s looking to see how he’s been victimised,” he told the court.
“He’s highly critical of information he constantly receives.”
Dr Wynn Owen said the 66-year-old denied having a sexual interest in children, rather had an “internet addiction”.
If released, he said it was important Dragon had access to safe, stable rental accommodation.
“It is very important he has a place to live … I believe he would successfully navigate a temporary placement,” he said.
“The problem of course is he gets recognised and has to move.”
But Dragon said he could not afford to pay a rental bond because he had less than $800 in his prison bank account.
“I’ll most likely be in jail forever … how will I come up with the minimum of $1200 (for a bond)?” he told the court.
“I don’t see how that’s going to progress if Corrective Services is not prepared to put me up like they have before when I can access my pension and get the money.”
Speaking outside court, defence counsel David McKenzie said his client was frustrated he could not access more money.
He said the matter was “progressing”, with a decision set to be made “in the future”.
“There is still some little bits of evidence … and other things that still need to be resolved,” he told waiting media.
Dragon will return to court at a later date.
Dragon was first jailed in Thailand for 13 years after violently sexually assaulting two young girls in the early 1990s.
Upon his release and settling in WA, Dragon served additional jail time after being convicted for possessing child exploitation material on several occasions between 2007 and 2010.
And in 2012 he was jailed for five years after trying to rob a woman at knife-point as she placed her 11-month old baby daughter in the backseat of her car.
Just two days after his release from prison in 2017, Dragon was caught searching for child exploitation material at a Northbridge hostel.
He was jailed for four years and four months.
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