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Two More Men Arrested After Ian Watkins Dies in Prison
Two men arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Ian Watkins as police continue investigations following earlier murder charges.
- On October 11, Ian Watkins was found with serious injuries at HMP Wakefield and died, prompting police to arrest two more men earlier this month.
- Convictions from December 2013 left Ian Watkins, 48, convicted sex offender, with a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies.
- Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield after reports Watkins was attacked with a knife, and he had previously been held hostage by three other inmates in 2023 and taken to hospital.
- Two inmates, Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were charged with murder last week and appeared in Leeds Magistrates' Court then Leeds Crown Court; they were not asked to enter pleas and Gedel refused remote attendance.
- Amid ongoing enquiries, Detective Chief Inspector James Entwistle said arrests form part of the investigation, Judge Guy Kearl set a provisional trial date of May 5, and Watkins' family are being updated.
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Two more men arrested over murder of Lostprophets' Ian Watkins
Two more men have been arrested over the murder of Lostprophets‘ Ian Watkins. The convicted child sex offender and former frontman 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. The singer 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, seven…
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