Two males have been arrested on suspicion of the homicide of disgraced Lostprophets singer and convicted paedophile Ian Watkins.
It was confirmed yesterday that Watkins, 48, had died after an assault at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
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The singer from Pontypridd in Wales was serving a 29-year jail sentence – with an extra six years resulting from be served on licence – for a sequence of horrific baby intercourse offences, together with the tried rape of a child.
West Yorkshire Police say in an announcement that two males have been arrested. The assertion reads: “Detectives have launched a homicide investigation after the dying of a person in HMP Wakefield.
“Officers have been referred to as by employees on the jail at 9.39am on October 11 to reviews 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.”
In the meantime, Watkins’ ex girlfriend, who was instrumental in bringing his horrendous crimes to mild, has described his dying as “a reduction”.
Joanne Mjadzelics tells the Day by day Mail: “It is a massive shock, however I am shocked it did not occur sooner. I used to be all the time ready for this telephone name. He was strolling round with a goal on his again from the primary day he entered the jail.
“I’ve all the time been petrified of him getting out and monitoring me down or one thing, so this can be a reduction.
“I wished him useless for a very long time after the whole lot he did. I’m relieved, I really feel like a weight has been lifted from my head.”
Watkins was the point of interest of high-flying Welsh rock outfit Lostprophets, however his spectacular fall from grace got here on account of being caught and arrested for his brutal crimes in 2012.
He was charged with sexual offences that included the tried rape of a one-year-old lady and grooming one other particular person – a girl believed to be a Lostprophets fan – to sexually abuse her baby, in addition to the possession of kid pornography and animal pornography.
After initially pleading not responsible, Watkins modified his plea to responsible and was sentenced in December 2013.