Alleged childcare pedophile Ashley Paul Griffith attacked by inmate in Wolston jail

An inmate has poured boiling water – potentially mixed with jam – over alleged childcare pedophile Ashley Paul Griffith, alongside assaulting Daniel Morcombe’s killer.

Ashley Paul Griffith was attacked inside Wolston jail.

One of Australia’s worst alleged pedophiles was rushed to hospital after an inmate tipped boiling water over him at a Brisbane jail.

The Courier-Mail can reveal Ashley Paul Griffith was assaulted in unit S3 at Wolston on Friday.

Griffith was taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital suffering facial burns after the incident which happened just after midday.

He was taken to the hospital to assess his burns.

The Courier-Mail was told the prisoner who assaulted Griffith may have even added jam to the hot water for the “napalm” attack to make the assault more painful and stick to him.

The inmate allegedly assaulted two prisoners.

Ashley Paul Griffith, who is accused of raping and abusing 91 young girls at child care centres across Queensland, New South Wales and overseas, has been attacked by an inmate in Wolston jail.

Officers have told The Courier-Mail the second prisoner assaulted by the inmate was Brett Peter Cowan, who murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe.

It’s understood Cowan was punched.

The assault on Griffith comes just days after the alleged pedophile was named for the first time under changes to Queensland laws which allow alleged sex offenders to be named after they are charged.

Griffith is facing more than 1600 charges relating to 91 young girls from 10 Brisbane childcare centres, a Sydney childcare centre and an international centre between 2007 and 2022.

The Gold Coast man has been charged with 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10.

He has also been charged with more than 600 counts of indecent treatment of a child and more than 600 counts of making child exploitation material.

He allegedly photographed and filmed the girls.

Daniel Morcombe’s killer Brett Peter Cowan was also assaulted.

Griffith was arrested in August last year and was originally charged with two counts of making child exploitation material and one count of using a carriage service for child abuse material.

After investigators examined his devices he was charged with more than 1600 offences.

Before that point Griffith, 45, had spent about a year in the protection unit at Arthur Gorrie jail, which is the state’s remand centre, where he had gained a job in prison industries.

Once the 1600-plus charges were announced he was placed into the detention unit for his own safety after people inside the jail became aware he was the person facing the charges.

He was then transferred to Brisbane Correctional Centre and was placed into the “special management unit”.

At a later point he was transferred to Wolston jail at Wacol.

“Unit s3 is for the most protected prisoners that make the media and the worst sex offenders,” an officer said.

When asked about the Friday incident involving the boiling water a Queensland Corrective Services spokeswoman confirmed a prisoner assaulted two other prisoners at Wolston.

“One prisoner was assessed by medical staff on site with no treatment required and the other has been transported to hospital for further assessment,” she said.

“No officers were injured in the incident.”

The incident has been referred to the Corrective Services Investigation Unit of the Queensland Police Service.