Six Perth prisoners deny murdering inmate

Six prisoners charged with the bashing murder of a fellow inmate in Perth have pleaded not guilty and will stand trial next year.

Alf Deon Eades, 46, was found injured in his cell at Hakea Prison on February 26 and died about two weeks later.

Liam Christopher McGlade, Cooper Clay, Clinton Alan Penny, Joshua Alexander Black, Shaun Kapene and Brandon Shaquille Taylor entered the pleas via videolink from jail in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The boss of the Comanchero bikie gang in Western Australia, Raymond Bradley Cilli, was also charged with murdering Mr Eades but had the charge dropped last month.

The court heard there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

Another member of the gang, Shane Bradley Riley, also had his murder charge dropped.

The six men will next face court on March 16.