🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Prison Demise Revealed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in prison plus six years on extended supervision Shamed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins passed away after being stabbed in the throat in an alleged prison incident, an investigation has heard. Watkins, 48, died on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year prison sentence for child sex crimes including the attempted rape of a infant. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the conclusion of an related murder trial. Two individuals have been accused with murder in relation to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder were sent back to prison as investigations continued. Coroner Findings Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire prison by an attending doctor and was formally recognized by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "after a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The examiner said a post-mortem report gave the cause of death as an wound to the throat. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but admitted the sexual assault and abuse of a child under 13. He admitted 13 offences, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving creating, making or possessing inappropriate images of children and one of possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an animal. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man influenced by celebrity, drugs, and influence who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "plunged into new levels of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. Following that incident, he was taken to hospital with wounds which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week accused with his murder, but were not required to enter pleas. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most famous musicians - the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums across the world. They released five studio albums, one of which achieved number one in the UK. The group also had some success in the US, with their second and third albums reaching the top-40. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His previous bandmates spoke publicly about their shock and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely finished with him, I wished it was all a mistake, he was not guilty, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't return from that." The other bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, soon after.