🔗 Share this article Reason of Child Sex Offender Singer's Jail Demise Disclosed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended supervision Shamed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in an alleged prison incident, an inquest has learned. Watkins, forty-eight, died on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year jail sentence for child sex offences including the sexual assault of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the conclusion of an related murder trial. Two men have been charged with murder in relation to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of plot to murder were sent back to prison as inquiries proceeded. Official Statement Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was officially identified by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were summoned to the jail "after a report he had been stabbed in the neck". The coroner said a post-mortem report gave the cause of death as an wound to the throat. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but admitted the sexual assault and abuse of a child under 13. He admitted 13 crimes, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving taking, making 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 committed 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. After that attack, he was taken to medical facility with injuries which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week charged with his murder, but were not asked to enter pleas. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins performing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most famous 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 success in the US, with their second and third albums reaching the top-40. They separated promptly after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His previous group members spoke publicly about their shock and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Although I was completely done with him, I wished it was all a mistake, he was innocent, he had to be. "The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't return from that." The remaining bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly created a new band, No Devotion, soon after.