🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Musician's Prison Demise Disclosed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended supervision Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in an reported prison incident, an inquest 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 crimes including the sexual assault of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the conclusion of an associated murder case. Two men 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 returned to prison as inquiries proceeded. Coroner Statement Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief hearing, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was officially recognized by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said emergency services were summoned to the jail "after a report he had been attacked in the throat". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the cause of death as an wound to the neck. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but admitted the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He admitted 13 crimes, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an shocking image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man corrupted by fame, substances, and influence who had committed crimes "beyond imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "new ground" and "descended into new depths of wickedness". 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 pleas. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most famous musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band started 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 achievement in the US, with their second and third albums attaining the popular charts. They separated immediately after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His previous group members spoke openly about their surprise and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although 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 finished. You can't return from that." The remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, soon after.