🔗 Share this article Reason of Child Sex Offender 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 licence Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in an reported prison attack, an inquest has heard. Watkins, 48, died 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 attempted rape of a infant. The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was postponed pending the conclusion of an associated murder trial. Two individuals have been accused with murder in connection to Watkins' death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on allegation of conspiracy to murder were sent back to prison as investigations proceeded. Official Findings Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified 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 formally identified by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said emergency services were called to the jail "following a report he had been stabbed in the neck". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an wound to the throat. 'Extreme Wickedness' In 2013 at Cardiff Crown Court, Watkins denied rape but confessed to the sexual assault and sexual assault of a child under 13. He pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including plotting to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving creating, producing or possessing inappropriate images of children and one of having an shocking image involving a sex act on an animal. Prosecutors had described him as a man influenced by celebrity, substances, and influence who had committed crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "unprecedented territory" and "plunged into new depths of depravity". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. After that attack, he was taken to hospital with wounds which were not life-threatening. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week accused with his murder, but were not required to enter responses. Background of Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing 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 around the world. They released 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 reaching the top-40. They disbanded immediately after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His former group members spoke openly about their shock and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely finished with him, I hoped it was all a mistake, 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 members and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, soon after.