🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Jail Death Revealed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended supervision Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins passed away after being attacked in the neck in an reported prison incident, an investigation has learned. Watkins, forty-eight, died on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year jail sentence for child sex offences including the sexual assault of a baby. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an related murder trial. Two individuals have been accused with murder in relation to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on allegation of conspiracy to murder were returned to prison as investigations continued. Official Statement Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an on-call doctor and was formally recognized by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said emergency services were called to the jail "after a report he had been stabbed in the neck". The examiner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an wound to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the attempted rape and abuse of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving creating, producing or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man influenced by fame, drugs, and power who had perpetrated crimes "beyond imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "descended into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. Following that incident, he was taken to medical facility with injuries which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week accused with his murder, but were not asked to enter responses. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins performing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most famous artists - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold 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 reaching the popular charts. They disbanded immediately after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His previous group members spoke publicly about their shock and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely finished with him, I wished it was all a error, he was not guilty, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was finished. You can't go back from that." The other members and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.