Ian Watkins, the disgraced former lead singer of Lostprophets, has died following a knife attack by another inmate at HMP Wakefield. He was 48 years old.
Watkins was serving a lengthy sentence for multiple sexual offences, including those involving minors. Emergency responders were called to the scene after prison staff reported an assault. Despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
This was not his first prison attack: in 2023, Watkins was stabbed and held hostage in a separate incident at the same prison. Fortunately, he survived that earlier attack.
Authorities have launched a homicide investigation. The Prison Service has declined to comment further while investigations continue.
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