🔗 Share this article Reason of Paedophile Musician's Jail Demise Disclosed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in prison plus six years on extended licence Shamed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the throat in an reported prison incident, an inquest has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, succumbed on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year prison sentence for child sex crimes including the attempted rape of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an associated murder trial. Two men have been charged with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plot to murder were sent back to prison as inquiries continued. Official 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 pronounced dead 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 stabbed in the neck". The examiner said a post-mortem report gave the reason of death as an incision to the neck. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He admitted 13 offences, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, producing or possessing inappropriate images of children and one of having an shocking image involving a sex act on an animal. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man influenced by fame, drugs, and power who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "new ground" and "plunged into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. Following that incident, he was taken to medical facility with wounds which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week charged with his murder, but were not required to enter responses. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins performing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most recognisable musicians - the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold millions of albums around the world. They produced five studio albums, one of which reached number one in the UK. The group also had some achievement in the US, with their second and third albums reaching the popular charts. They separated promptly after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His previous group members spoke publicly about their surprise and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely finished with him, I wished it was all a error, he was innocent, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't return from that." The remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, soon after.