A prisoner charged with murdering paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins told police that ‘prison is a dog-eat-dog world’ and he was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’ of the disgraced rock star’s killing.
The disgraced frontman – serving a 35-year sentence for a string of horrific child sex offences – was attacked in his cell with a makeshift knife on October 11, 2025, inside maximum-security HMP Wakefield.
One of three slash wounds to his face and neck sliced through his jugular vein and voicebox, causing catastrophic blood loss.
Serving prisoner Rico Gedel, 25, is accused of murdering the singer alongside alleged
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