🔗 Share this article Cause of Child Sex Offender Singer's Jail Death Disclosed Police Department The shamed 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 throat in an reported prison attack, an investigation has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, died on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year jail sentence for child sex crimes including the attempted rape of a infant. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the completion of an associated murder case. Two men have been charged with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder were sent back to prison as investigations continued. Coroner Findings Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief proceeding, had been pronounced dead 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 "after a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an wound to the neck. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but confessed to the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of having an extreme image involving a sex act on an creature. Prosecutors had described him as a man influenced by celebrity, substances, and influence who had committed crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "descended into new depths of wickedness". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. After that attack, 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 pleas. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most famous 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 released 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 reaching the popular charts. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His former group members spoke publicly about their surprise and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely done with him, I hoped it was all a mistake, 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 bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.