🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile 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 licence Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the throat in an alleged prison incident, an inquest has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, died on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year jail sentence for child sex crimes including the sexual assault of a baby. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the conclusion of an related murder case. Two individuals have been charged with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of conspiracy to murder were sent back 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 prison by an on-call doctor and was formally recognized by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "after a report he had been attacked in the neck". The examiner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an incision to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but admitted the attempted rape and abuse of a child under 13. He admitted 13 crimes, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving taking, producing or possessing indecent images of children and one of having an extreme image involving a sex act on an animal. Prosecutors had portrayed him as a man influenced by celebrity, substances, and power who had perpetrated crimes "beyond imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "unprecedented territory" and "plunged into new levels of wickedness". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. After that attack, he was taken to hospital with wounds which were not life-threatening. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were presented in court last week accused with his murder, but were not asked to enter pleas. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most recognisable artists - the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums around the world. They released five studio albums, one of which reached 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 former bandmates spoke publicly about their shock and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely finished with him, I wished it was all a mistake, he was not guilty, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't go back from that." The other bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.