đŸ”— Share this article Reason of Paedophile Singer's Prison 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 frontman Ian Watkins died after being attacked in the throat in an reported prison incident, an inquest has heard. Watkins, 48, succumbed on 11 October after being targeted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been completing a 29-year prison sentence for child sex crimes including the sexual assault of a infant. The hearing, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner's Court, was adjourned pending the conclusion of an associated murder trial. Two individuals have been charged with murder in relation to Watkins' death while two other suspects, aged 23 and 39, detained earlier this week on allegation of plot to murder were returned to prison as investigations continued. Coroner Findings Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was identified by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the short proceeding, had been declared deceased at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was officially identified by a prison guard. Mr Longstaff said paramedics were called to the jail "following a report he had been attacked in the neck". The coroner said a autopsy report gave the reason of death as an incision to the throat. 'Depths of Depravity' 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 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 possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an creature. Legal authorities had portrayed him as a man corrupted by celebrity, substances, and power who had perpetrated crimes "exceeding imagination." Mr Justice Royce said the case had broken "unprecedented territory" and "plunged into new levels of wickedness". Watkins was also attacked in prison in 2023. Following that incident, he was taken to medical facility with injuries which were not fatal. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week accused with his murder, but were not asked to enter responses. Who Was Ian Watkins? Media Archives Watkins appearing in London in 2012 Watkins was once one of Wales' most recognisable musicians - the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets. The band started in Pontypridd in 1997, and distributed 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 achievement in the US, with their second and third albums attaining the top-40. They separated immediately after Watkins was found guilty in 2013. His former group members spoke publicly about their surprise and revulsion. Bassist Stuart Richardson said in 2014: "Even though I was completely finished 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 remaining members and American singer Geoff Rickly formed a new band, No Devotion, shortly thereafter.