Ashley Bropho

Days after horrific details of how he lured a nine-year-old girl to his house and sexually assaulted her were read out in court, Ashley Bropho has been ...

“He was raised in an environment that exposed him to abuse and violence. [Sign up here](/link/follow-20170101-p57ogt). Moments later, Bropho’s carer – who had seen him enter the house with the child – banged on the front door, interrupting the assault. “The circumstances surrounding the death will be subject to a police investigation,” she said. The girl was then able to leave with her dog, running back to her grandparents’ house to report the incident. Offering her a burger from Hungry Jacks, he took the child by the hand and “lured” her along the road, encouraging her back to his house.

The “high profile” prisoner killed in an incident at Western Australia's Hakea prison has been identified as Ashley Bropho.

“It is only when the carer happened to arrive (that it stopped).” She began banging on the door. “The girl was able to leave the house and alert family members of the incident.” The “high profile” prisoner killed in an incident at Western Australia’s Hakea prison has been identified as Ashley Bropho. “Detectives from the Major Crime Division are attending the prison to establish the circumstances surrounding the death in custody,” reads their release. The “high profile” prisoner killed in an incident at Western Australia’s maximum security prison has been identified as Ashley Bropho.

Ashley Bropho was found unresponsive in his cell at Hakea Prison about 8am and could not be revived.

Police will provide a report to the State Coroner. He lured the girl to his home with a Hungry Jacks burger, about a seven-minute walk away, and assaulted her. The 40-year-old, described as having an intellectual disability and schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to two counts of indecently dealing with a child under 13 and encouraging a child to engage in sexual acts.

Ashley Bropho has been found dead in his cell in Perth's Hakea prison. He is related to the man who kidnapped Cleo Smith and was awaiting sentence for a ...

Bropho was raised in the same house as Cleo's kidnapper. He will be sentenced at a later date. Ashley Bropho has been found dead in his cell in Perth's Hakea prison (pictured).

An investigation is underway after Ashley Bropho, who was raised alongside Cleo Smith abductor Terence Kelly, was found dead in his cell at Perth's Hakea ...

Just days before his death, he appeared in Perth's District Court to be sentenced over the abduction and sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl last year. “The circumstances surrounding the death will be subject to a police investigation," the Department said in a statement. Perth's Hakea Prison units in lockdown as police investigate after Ashley Bropho found dead in cell

Tensions had been rising within a notorious WA prison for months before an inmate with links to the Cleo Smith case was found dead on Thursday.

A spokesman for the WA Prison Officers Union said tensions had been rising within the maximum security prison “for several months”. “Tensions have been rising in Hakea Prison for several months now, with overcrowding and Tensions had been rising within a notorious WA prison for months before an inmate with links to the Cleo Smith case was found dead on Thursday. Tensions within the notorious Perth Prison where an inmate was bashed to death on Thursday had been rising for months, it’s been revealed. Barrister Clint Hampson, who had been representing him ahead of his sentence for the abduction of a nine-year-old girl, confirmed his client had died, but had no further information on the circumstances of his death. Tensions rising in Hakea Prison for months before inmate linked to Cleo Smith killed