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Man Denies Murdering Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins
Rashid Gedel, 25, denies murder and possession of a makeshift knife in the fatal prison attack on Ian Watkins, who was serving 29 years for child sex offences.
- On Friday, Rashid Gedel, 25, pleaded not guilty to murdering Ian Watkins at Leeds Crown Court, becoming the second serving prisoner to enter a not-guilty plea.
- The alleged attack happened on October 11 at HMP Wakefield, where Watkins died while serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences.
- Samuel Dodsworth, 43, earlier denied the offence at a November hearing appearing by video link, and both Gedel and Dodsworth pleaded not guilty to possessing a makeshift knife in prison.
- They are due to stand trial starting May 5, with Gedel refusing previous video hearings to appear in person alongside Dodsworth.
- Watkins, formerly of Lostprophets, had been a high-profile figure whose 2012 device seizure uncovered depraved behaviour, and he faced a 2019 phone conviction plus a 2023 attack.
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