🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Jail Death Disclosed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended supervision Shamed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins passed away after being attacked in the neck in an reported prison incident, an inquest has learned. Watkins, forty-eight, succumbed on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year prison sentence for child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the conclusion of an associated murder trial. 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 sent back to prison as investigations continued. Official Findings 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 on-call doctor and was officially recognized by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said emergency services were summoned to the jail "following a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The coroner said a post-mortem report gave the reason of death as an incision to the neck. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but admitted the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He admitted 13 offences, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving creating, making or possessing inappropriate images of children and one of possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an animal. Legal authorities had described him as a man influenced by fame, substances, and power who had committed crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "new ground" and "plunged into new levels of wickedness". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. Following that attack, he was taken to medical facility with injuries 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 responses. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most famous artists - the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band started in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums around the world. They released five studio albums, one of which achieved 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 convicted in 2013. His previous bandmates spoke openly about their shock and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely finished 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 return from that." The remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.