🔗 Share this article Reason of Child Sex Offender Musician's Jail Demise Disclosed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licence Shamed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins passed away after being stabbed in the neck in an alleged prison incident, an investigation has learned. Watkins, 48, succumbed on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year prison sentence for child sex offences including the attempted rape of a infant. The inquest, 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 men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of conspiracy to murder were returned to prison as inquiries continued. Official Findings Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an on-call doctor and was officially identified by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "following a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the cause of death as an wound to the neck. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but admitted the sexual assault and abuse of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 crimes, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, producing or holding inappropriate images of children and one of having an extreme image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had described him as a man corrupted by celebrity, drugs, and influence who had committed crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "plunged into new levels of depravity". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. Following that incident, 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 asked to enter responses. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most recognisable artists - 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 top-40. They separated promptly after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His previous group members spoke openly about their shock and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely done with him, I wished it was all a mistake, he was innocent, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't return from that." The remaining bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.