🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Prison Death Revealed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licence Shamed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in an alleged prison incident, an investigation has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, died on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year prison sentence for child sex offences including the attempted rape 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 accused with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder were sent back to prison as inquiries continued. Coroner Statement Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire prison by an attending doctor and was formally recognized by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were summoned to the jail "after a report he had been attacked in the neck". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an incision to the neck. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but admitted the attempted rape and sexual assault 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 taking, producing or holding inappropriate images of children and one of possessing an shocking image involving a sex act on an animal. Prosecutors had described him as a man corrupted by fame, substances, and influence who had committed crimes "beyond imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "new ground" and "descended into new levels of wickedness". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. Following that incident, 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 responses. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most famous artists - the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold 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 attaining the popular charts. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His former group members spoke openly about their surprise and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely done 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 created a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.