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Watkins, 48, was serving his sentence at Wakefield Jail in northern England
LONDON, UK – Ian Watkins, the previous frontman of Welsh rock band Lostprophets who was serving a 35-year sentence for youngster intercourse offenses, has been killed in jail by one other inmate, British media reported on Saturday, October 11.
Watkins, 48, was serving his sentence at Wakefield Jail in northern England.
“At 9:39 am this morning (Saturday), police had been referred to as by workers at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner,” West Yorkshire Police mentioned in a press release.
“Emergency providers attended and the person was pronounced lifeless on the scene a short while later.” The assertion didn’t title Watkins.
Police didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
Watkins was convicted in 2013 after pleading responsible to 13 costs. He had admitted two tried rapes, sexually assaulting a toddler below 13, aiding and abetting the sexual assault of a kid below 13, conspiring to rape a toddler below 13 and conspiring to sexually assault one other youngster below 13.
He had additionally pleaded responsible to 6 counts of taking and possessing indecent photographs of youngsters and one in all possessing excessive pornographic photographs. – Rappler.com