🔗 Share this article Cause of Paedophile Musician's Jail Death Revealed Police Department The shamed rock star from Pontypridd was handed to 29 years in prison plus six years on extended supervision Shamed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the throat in an reported prison attack, an inquest has learned. Watkins, 48, succumbed on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year jail sentence for child sex offences including the sexual assault of a baby. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an related murder case. Two men have been charged with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of plot to murder were returned to prison as inquiries proceeded. Coroner Statement Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short hearing, had been pronounced dead at the West Yorkshire jail by an on-call doctor and was officially identified by a prison officer. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "after a report he had been stabbed in the throat". The examiner said a autopsy report gave the cause of death as an wound to the throat. 'Depths of Depravity' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins refuted rape but admitted the attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving creating, making or possessing inappropriate images of children and one of having an shocking image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man influenced by fame, drugs, and power who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had established "unprecedented territory" and "descended into new levels of wickedness". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. After that attack, he was taken to hospital with wounds which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were presented 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 started in Pontypridd in 1997, and sold millions of albums across 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 attaining the popular charts. They disbanded promptly after Watkins was convicted in 2013. His former group members spoke publicly about their shock and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely finished 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 go back from that." The other members and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.