🔗 Share this article Cause of Paedophile Musician's Prison Demise Revealed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in prison plus six years on extended supervision Shamed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being attacked in the neck in an reported prison attack, an inquest has learned. 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 offences including the attempted rape of a infant. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an associated murder case. Two individuals have been charged with murder in relation to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plot to murder were returned to prison as inquiries continued. Official Statement Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short hearing, had been pronounced dead at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was officially recognized by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were summoned to the jail "following a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The examiner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an wound to the neck. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the sexual assault and abuse of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 crimes, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving creating, producing or holding inappropriate images of children and one of possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an animal. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man influenced by celebrity, drugs, and power who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "new ground" and "plunged into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. After that incident, he was taken to medical facility with wounds which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were presented 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 musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold millions of albums across the world. They produced 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 attaining the popular charts. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His previous bandmates spoke openly about their surprise and disgust. 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 members and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, soon after.