🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Prison Death Revealed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licence Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the throat in an alleged prison incident, an inquest has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, succumbed on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year jail sentence for child sex crimes including the sexual assault of a baby. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an related murder case. Two individuals have been accused with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on suspicion of plot to murder were sent back to prison as inquiries continued. Coroner Statement Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short proceeding, had been pronounced dead at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was formally identified by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "after a report he had been attacked in the throat". The examiner said a post-mortem report gave the reason of death as an incision to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the attempted rape and abuse of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 crimes, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving creating, making or holding inappropriate images of children and one of possessing an shocking image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had described him as a man influenced by fame, drugs, and influence who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "new ground" and "descended into new levels of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. Following that attack, he was taken to medical facility with injuries which were not life-threatening. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were presented in court last week charged with his murder, but were not required to enter pleas. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most recognisable musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band started in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums across the world. They produced five studio albums, one of which reached number one in the UK. The group also had some achievement in the US, with their second and third albums attaining the popular charts. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His former bandmates spoke openly about their shock and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely done with him, I wished it was all a mistake, he was not guilty, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't go back from that." The remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.