🔗 Share this article Cause of Child Sex Offender Musician's Jail Death Revealed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended supervision Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins passed away after being attacked in the neck in an alleged prison attack, an inquest has heard. Watkins, 48, died on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year jail sentence for child sex crimes including the sexual assault of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the conclusion of an associated murder case. Two individuals 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 conspiracy to murder were returned to prison as investigations proceeded. Official Findings Medical Examiner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified 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 officially identified by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were summoned to the jail "after a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The coroner said a post-mortem report gave the cause of death as an wound to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but admitted the sexual assault and abuse 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, making or holding indecent images of children and one of possessing an shocking image involving a sex act on an creature. Prosecutors had portrayed him as a man corrupted by fame, drugs, and influence who had committed crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "descended into new levels of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. After that attack, he was taken to medical facility 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 pleas. Who Was 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 started in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed millions of albums across the world. They released five studio albums, one of which achieved number one in the UK. The group also had some achievement in the US, with their second and third albums attaining the popular charts. They disbanded immediately after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His previous group members spoke openly about their shock and disgust. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely done with him, I wished it was all a error, 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, soon after.