UPDATE – 13/10/25
West Yorkshire Police have launched additional particulars and confirmed that they’ve now launched a homicide investigation into the dying of Ian Watkins: “Officers had been referred to as by employees on the jail at 9.39am this morning (Saturday 11 October) to stories of a severe assault on a prisoner. A person aged 48 was discovered with severe accidents. Regardless of medical consideration he was pronounced useless on the scene. Two males aged 25 and 43 have been arrested on suspicion of homicide and are at the moment in police custody. Detectives from the Murder and Main Enquiry Group are investigating and enquiries stay ongoing.”
ORIGINAL POST – 11/10/25
Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins is useless following an assault in jail the place he was serving his sentence for youngster intercourse offences.
(Warning, accommodates disturbing particulars).
In accordance to a number of information stories, Watkins was stabbed by a fellow prisoner earlier this morning (October 11). West Yorkshire Police have confirmed that they had been referred to as to HMP Wakefield following the assault and that Watkins was pronounced useless on the scene.
Police say investigations are nonetheless ongoing with The Solar newspaper reporting that the singer’s attacker has been recognized.
The disgraced 48 12 months outdated was arrested in 2013, pleading responsible to 13 youngster intercourse offences, together with the tried rape of a one 12 months outdated woman, at Cardiff Crown Courtroom. He was sentenced to 29 years in jail. He was beforehand attacked in jail in August 2023 though his accidents weren’t life threatening.
This can be a growing breaking information story.