Pen Dragon the animal is given suspended sentence

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Pedophile given a suspended sentence
Article from: AAP

January 15, 2008 04:10pm


A PERTH pedophile who spent 13 years in a Thai jail has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.

Bradley Pen Dragon, who was found guilty in Thailand of threatening, beating and raping three girls, was released from a Thai jail in 2006 and deported to Australia. Last year, he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on a computer thumb drive which he tried to claim from police after he lost it at a cinema.

The thumb drive contained 818 pieces of child pornography. Police then raided his home and seized a disc containing 11 further images.

Pen Dragon had been in custody since his arrest last June.

Judge Antoinette Kennedy today told the West Australian District Court there was a limit how long you could keep someone in jail in a free and democratic society. She sentenced him to a 12 month suspended term and ordered him to undergo a sex offenders treatment program.

"If you don't do the program, you will go to jail," Justice Kennedy said.

Pen Dragon's lawyer said he was willing to undergo the treatment program.

The Director of Public Prosecutions said information from Interpol had delayed the case.

Pen Dragon is due to be released after processing.