Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins is murdered in jail the place he was serving 29 years for little one intercourse offences

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has been murdered in jail where he was serving 29 years for child sex offences. 

The former frontman was reportedly cut to the throat after prisoners were unlocked from their jail cells this morning. 

Both police and emergency services rushed to Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire, however the sex offender’s lost his life.

The 48-year-old was serving over three decades behind bars for a series of child sex offences, which included the attempted rape of an infant. 

The former Lostprophets singer is the highest profile inmate to be killed in a British jail in recent times. 

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