Disgraced Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died of stab wound to neck, inquest hears
The inquest into Watkins' death at HMP Wakefield is on hold as two men face murder charges; the trial is scheduled for May 5, 2026, police said.
- Ian Watkins, the disgraced singer of Lostprophets, died after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences.
- Watkins was pronounced dead at the prison by an attending doctor after being stabbed in the neck, according to the coroner.
- Two men, Rashid Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth, have been charged with Watkins' murder, while the inquest into his death has been adjourned pending the completion of an associated murder trial.
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Lostprophets Frontman Ian Watkins’ Death at the Center of an ‘Inquest'
Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died this month after being attacked in prison and stabbed in the neck. Now, an “inquest” into his death has concluded with a coroner ruling that the stab wound was his official cause of death. Watkins, 48, was a convicted child sex offender who was murdered in Wakefield Prison, where he was being held. NME reports that he was supposed to serve a 29-year prison sentence “with a further six years on licence.” On …
Inquest takes place into death of Lostprophets paedophile Ian Watkins
Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died from a stab wound to the neck, a coroner has ruled. The convicted child sex offender and former singer was killed in Wakefield Prison aged 48 on October 11. Watkins was supposed to serve a 29-year sentence with a further six years on licence. He pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences in 2013, including the attempted rape of a baby, conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, se…
Everything coroner said as Ian Watkins' cause of death detailed at inquest - Nottinghamshire Live
The former Lostprophets singer was pronounced dead at HMP Wakefield on October 11 and a preliminary post-mortem examination determined that the cause of his death was a cut to the neck
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