A Pair of Suspects Charged for Inmate Homicide of Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins
Two men have been formally charged with murder following the death in prison of one-time Lostprophets vocalist and adjudicated child sex criminal Ian Watkins.
The two men, Rashid Gedel (25) and Samuel Dodsworth (43) now face murder accusations and are set to face Leeds magistrates’ court on Monday morning, per law enforcement officials.
Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield, alongside six more years under supervision, after pleading guilty to multiple sexual crimes including the effort to sexually assault an infant.
Watkins was apprehended subsequent to a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home on 21 September 2012, when a significant quantity of computers, mobile phones and data storage units were seized.
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