Two males have been arrested and charged with the homicide of former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, a convicted youngster sexual abuse offender, in jail.
Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared earlier than Decide Dunne at Leeds magistrates courtroom on Monday, as reported by The Guardian.
Each males have been remanded in custody and are anticipated to look in Leeds crown courtroom on Tuesday, with Decide Dunne informing Dodsworth, “the cost in opposition to you means this case must be despatched to the crown courtroom as quickly as attainable.”
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Watkins was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, for a number of intercourse offenses and pedophilia crimes, together with participating in intercourse with minors. He had been imprisoned since 2013. Per The Guardian, HMP Wakefield homes violent and harmful criminals, with a report of the jail discovering that severe assaults there had elevated by 72% since its final inspection in 2022.
Based on BBC News, Watkins was attacked with a knife, and pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Watkins was previously attacked whereas incarcerated in 2023, leading to life-threatening accidents.
Lostprophets had been finest recognized for his or her No. 1 different rock single “Final Prepare House.” The band broke up upon Watkins’ arrest and conviction, with the opposite members happening to type the band No Devotion with Thursday singer Geoff Rickly.
