Posted on 10/13/2025 8:46:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins, a Convicted Child Sex Offender, Killed in Prison Attack 1,017 MILAN, ITALY - JULY 06: Ian Watkins of Lostprophets perform at the 2012 Heineken Jammin FePier Marco Tacca/WireImage via Getty Breitbart News12 Oct 2025343 1:32 LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after the former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at a prison in northern England, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offenses.
Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Saturday morning after Watkins, 48, was attacked with a knife. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A murder investigation is underway following the arrests of two men, aged 25 and 43, West Yorkshire Police said in a statement.
In 2013, Watkins pleaded guilty to 13 charges, including trying to rape a baby, sexually touching a 1-year-old, encouraging a fan to abuse her child and making child pornography.
At the time of his sentencing, Judge John Royce called Watkins a manipulative and dangerous sexual predator who had abused his fame to help satisfy his “insatiable lust.”
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Oh well.
How do you arrest someone who is already in jail?
They’re under double secret arrest.
I like cheese.
Wow. My coffee tastes so much better this morning. First the Israeli hostages are released, now this.
Perhaps they should give the two men time off for positive behavior.
This is a triple win. One bad guy gone and not living on the taxpayers’ money, two other bad guys will stay in prison much longer.
His problem was that he didn’t change religions and names, before the trial. Would someone with a first name Abdul, Ali, Mohamed, etc., have been convicted to serve 29 years in jail? I think not!
Oh well. Why did it take 12 years? It should have been 12 weeks, IMO!
Perhaps they should give the two men time off for positive behavior.
And extra helpings of meatloaf.
Technically, you find that he’s guilty of more crimes and try them and add to their sentence if they are found guilty. Happens all the time.
Most criminals usually have done more than what they are imprisoned for.
Makes up for the pain of the Gators and Detroit Lions losing this weekend.
Make him spend a majority of his sentence then kill him if it looks like he may get parole.......Same thing happened last week to another child predator................
Put me on that jury.
Rape a baby? A one-year-old? Its hard to fathom the depravity of his mind to want to do that. Death by stabbing was too merciful.
Hopefully they did it slowly, methodically, and painfully - giving the child molester lots of time to face fear he has never known.
Anyway, should I have coffee for lunch?
All he had to do was identify as an African Muslim illegal immigrant
Good thing too... Being jailed in the UK almost certainly would’ve led to his eventual release... And his eventual re-offending. This weirdo was into pedophilia in a most sickening way. He deserved death.
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