🔗 Share this article Reason of Child Sex Offender Musician's Jail Death Revealed Police Department The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in prison plus six years on extended licence Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins passed away after being attacked in the throat in an reported prison incident, an investigation has heard. Watkins, forty-eight, succumbed 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 inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the conclusion of an associated murder trial. Two men have been accused with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder were sent back to prison as investigations continued. Official Statement Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief hearing, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was officially recognized by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were summoned to the jail "following a report he had been attacked in the throat". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an wound to the neck. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but admitted the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of abuse involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of having an extreme image involving a sex act on an creature. 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 "unprecedented territory" and "descended into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also stabbed in prison in 2023. Following that attack, he was taken to medical facility with injuries 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 required to enter pleas. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins performing in London in 2012 Watkins was formerly one of Wales' most recognisable musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band formed in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold millions of albums around 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 reaching the popular charts. They separated immediately after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His previous group members spoke publicly about their shock and disgust. 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 finished. You can't go back from that." The other bandmates and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, soon after.