Two Men Charged for Inmate Homicide of Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins

Two individuals now face murder charges following the incarceration fatality of former Lostprophets singer and found guilty of child sex crimes Ian Watkins.

The two men, Rashid Gedel (25) and Samuel Dodsworth (43) stand indicted for homicide and are set to face Leeds magistrates’ court on Monday morning, according to police authorities.

Watkins, forty-eight, was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield, alongside six more years under supervision, after admitting a string of sex offences including the tried rape of a very young child.

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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