A prisoner inside HMP Wakefield, the place Ian Watkins was killed, as soon as claimed the disgraced former Lostprophets frontman purchased friendships and safety
Paedophile rockstar Ian Watkins, former frontman of Lostprophets, allegedly “spent hundreds” on self-protection in jail previous to his dying.
An inmate at HMP Wakefield, the place Watkins died on Saturday, beforehand shared how the disgraced singer supposedly bought friendships at a steep worth. This revelation was made in a ebook revealed final yr by Jonathan Levi and Emma French titled Inside Wakefield Jail: Life Behind Bars within the Monster Mansion.
The unnamed prisoner acknowledged: “He has entry to cash and spends his time shopping for his friendship. Cash exchanges are simply finished in jail. The particular person you are paying, you merely take their buddies’ or households’ telephone quantity on the surface, give that quantity over the telephone to your loved ones.
“They name the particular person outdoors and take their financial institution particulars and pay the cash into their account.”
Additional elaborating on Watkins’ standing amongst fellow inmates in West Yorkshire, he added that Watkins was “thought of vile”. He continued: “He pays for defense. He has many feminine followers and receives letters from a variety of females. He maintains his innocence due to the disgrace of his crimes.
“He’s hated by many however as HMP W is combined, i.e VPs and high-level gangsters, drug importers and organised crime, they only take cash off him for his security. He has spent hundreds on safety.”
The supply alleged that Watkins was housed on C wing contained in the jail as of February 2024 and that his work exercise was in schooling.
It has additionally been alleged that Watkins was beforehand attacked with a sharpened rest room brush over a drug debt, serving as a “reminder that he must pay”.
Watkins was serving a 29-year sentence for youngster intercourse offences, together with the tried rape of a child, earlier than his dying on the age of 48.
The incident occurred simply after 9.30am on Saturday (October 11), and two males, Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, have since been charged with homicide.
Watkins was jailed again in 2013 after pleading at Cardiff Crown Court docket to 13 youngster intercourse offences. He additionally admitted to the rape and sexual assault of a kid who was below the age of 13.
Throughout his sentencing, Mr Justice Royce stated the horrifying case “plunged into new depths of depravity”.
Watkins additionally admitted conspiring to rape a baby, three counts of sexual assault involving youngsters, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent pictures of youngsters and certainly one of possessing an excessive pornographic picture involving a intercourse act on an animal.
