🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Prison Demise Disclosed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licence Shamed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in an alleged prison incident, an inquest has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, succumbed on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year jail sentence for child sex offences including the attempted rape of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the completion of an related murder case. Two men have been charged with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of plot to murder were returned to prison as inquiries proceeded. Official Findings Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief hearing, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an on-call doctor and was officially recognized by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "after a report he had been attacked in the neck". The examiner said a post-mortem report gave the reason of death as an incision to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the sexual assault and sexual assault 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 creating, producing or holding indecent images of children and one of possessing an shocking image involving a sex act on an animal. Prosecutors had portrayed him as a man corrupted by celebrity, drugs, and power who had committed crimes "beyond imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "new ground" and "plunged into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. Following that attack, he was taken to medical facility with wounds which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were presented in court last week charged with his murder, but were not asked to enter pleas. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins performing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most recognisable musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band started in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums around the world. They produced five studio albums, one of which reached number one in the UK. The group also had some success in the US, with their second and third albums attaining the popular charts. They separated immediately after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His former group members spoke publicly about their surprise and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely done with him, I hoped it was all a error, he was innocent, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't go back from that." The remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.