Ian Watkinsformer vocalist of the Welsh band lostprophetswas serving a sentence for thirteen sexual crimes against minors in prison where he was stabbed to death.
Ian Watkins shocked the music world in 2012 after being arrested and imprisoned for being responsible for thirteen sexual crimes against minors. These include several attempted rapes of a baby. Watkins He was serving twenty-nine years of his sentence in Wakefield prison, known for housing some of the most dangerous criminals in the United Kingdom.
The ex-lostprophets was attacked on the morning of October 11 shortly after the prisoners were released from their cells. This was not the first attack he suffered in prison. During August 2023, he was stabbed and held hostage by three other prisoners for six hours. On that occasion, he survived with injuries to his neck.
In the last few hours, West Yorkshire police have arrested the two prisoners who would have been involved in the murder. According to sources of The Sunone of them, had previously demanded that the former musician pay him for his protection. Although he agreed to pay, the attacker allegedly ambushed him and slit his throat with a handmade knife. At the moment, the police continue to investigate the specific motives that led to his murder.
