Reuters
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Ian Watkins, the former frontman of Welsh rock band Lostprophets and serving a 35-year sentence for child sex crimes, was murdered in prison by another inmate, British media reported on Saturday.
Watkins, 48, was serving his sentence at Wakefield Prison in northern England.
West Yorkshire Police said in a statement: “At 9.39am this morning (Saturday), staff at HMP Wakefield called police to a report of an assault on a prisoner.”
“Emergency services were called and the man was pronounced dead a short time later at the scene.” The statement did not name Watkins.
Police did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
Watkins pleaded guilty to 13 charges and was sentenced in 2013. He admitted two counts of attempted rape: sexual assault of a child under 13, aiding and abetting sexual assault of a child under 13, conspiracy to commit rape of a child under 13, and conspiracy to commit sexual assault of another child under 13.
He also pleaded guilty to six counts of taking and possessing indecent images of children and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images.
