One of Western Australia's most depraved paedophiles could face life behind bars after breaching a supervision order nearly a dozen times, including by making a donation to a children's charity.
Bradley Pen Dragon appeared before the WA Supreme Court via video link from Hakea Prison on Thursday, less than a year after his release from a previous prison stint for another breach in March 2025.
Court documents reveal that in March, he contravened the order by possessing two Blu-ray movies that contained images of children, both in the film and on the disc covers.
The 66-year-old has been classified as a high-risk serious offender since 2022.
His release into the community was conditional on strict compliance with 62 conditions attached to a 10-year supervision order. These included maintaining a diary of his daily movements and interactions and undergoing anti-libidinal treatment to reduce his sex drive.
Since that time, Dragon has been convicted of 11 breaches of the order. Some of these breaches involved donating to Save the Children, possessing a booklet with photographs of children, and possessing a book containing images of naked adolescent models.
These repeated violations prompted an application to rescind the supervision order and have him indefinitely detained.
Justice Joseph McGrath will now decide whether Dragon should remain behind bars indefinitely, be released under the same supervision order, or be released under the same order with modified conditions.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Peter Wynn Owen testified on Thursday, stating that it was “highly likely” Dragon would comply with a new supervision order. However, he noted that Dragon views himself as a victim, which could lead him to contest the reasonableness of certain conditions.
“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,” Dr. Wynn Owen told the court. “He’s highly critical of information he constantly receives.”
The psychiatrist added that Dragon denies having a sexual interest in children, instead claiming he has an “internet addiction.”
If released, Dr. Wynn Owen stressed the importance of Dragon having 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. The problem of course is he gets recognised and has to move.”
However, Dragon argued that he cannot afford to pay a rental bond, as he has 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 the court, defence counsel David McKenzie said his client was frustrated by his inability to access more funds. He described the matter as “progressing,” with a decision expected “in the future.”
“There is still some little bits of evidence ... and other things that still need to be resolved,” McKenzie told waiting media.
Dragon is scheduled to 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. After his release and relocation to Western Australia, he served additional prison time for possessing child exploitation material on several occasions between 2007 and 2010.
In 2012, he was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to rob a woman at knifepoint as she placed her 11-month-old baby daughter in the back seat 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 subsequently jailed for four years and four months.
