UK Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in jail, prison sources have confirmed.

The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield for child sex offences.

West Yorkshire Police said they were called to the prison on Saturday morning to an assault on a prisoner, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Watkins was jailed in December 2013 for a string of child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.

This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

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Archive [October 11 2025]

 

[lichen]

Sometimes 2025's ok.

 

[Jace on ice]

And nothing of value was lost!

 

[Basic Block]

mega lolz

Also, rest in piss.

 

[Heem 'em all.]

Hope it hurt.

 

[sheepworldvizor]

Please can someone advise how I send a fruit basket (with teddy bear and Belgian chocolate selection) to the perp.

 

[skunt]

mega lolz

Underrated comment.

Was about to post this thread too. Finally some good news. English prisoners better at dispensing justice than the english courts to the shock of nobody.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Damn, Wikipedia wasting no time as usual.

 

[Cun75p4rkl35]

there is a God

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

Also he was caught with 27 terabytes of CSAM? In 2013? Jesus christ

 

[Bland Crumbs]

Also he was caught with 27 terabytes of CSAM? In 2013? Jesus christ

Watkins was jailed in December 2013 for a string of child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.

Ya know...maybe it is just because it is spooky season but Vlad might have been onto something with the impaling.

 

[autoerotic bus accident]

[Everyone liked that.]

Gory details forthcoming at some point, I hope.

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

[Everyone liked that.]

Gory details forthcoming at some point, I hope.

Daily Mail covered it. An inmate slit his throat when the cells were opened for free roaming time or something. He bleed out like a pig, choking and scared.

 

[DumbDude43]

>Investigators later bypassed the encrypted password to Watkins' laptop, noting that it read "I FUK KIDZ".
>On 27 November, the day after his guilty plea had been accepted by the prosecution, Watkins referred to his sex offences as "mega lolz" in a recorded phone call to a female fan made from HM Prison Parc.

Daily Mail covered it. An inmate slit his throat when the cells were opened for free roaming time or something. He bleed out like a pig, choking and scared.

couldn't have happened to a nicer person

 

[Apustajan apustaja]

Please can someone advise how I send a fruit basket (with teddy bear and Belgian chocolate selection) to the perp.

Throw in some booze, cocaine, weed and a prostitute from me!

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Also he was caught with 27 terabytes of CSAM? In 2013? Jesus christ

You know, everytime I see these sorts of things, I always think "How is there THAT much child abuse content." Every time, always shocks me. It probably shouldn't, but still. Awful.

 

[Fatal Shooting]

[Everyone liked that.]

Gory details forthcoming at some point, I hope.

The Scum is reporting his throat was slashed right out in the open.

 

[Haloperidol]

I’m downright gleeful he’s in hell now, so much I gotta celebrate in this article too. There is justice in the world.

 

[The greater a'tuin]

Okay, this is epic, really the first time I have smiled at the news in a while

 

[Taser Confetti]

Hope it hurt.

It did. Prisoners don't have access to "clean" weapons. Dude was either stabbed dozens of times with a shank or had something like molten Vaseline tossed on his face.

Couldn't happen to a better inmate.