Roughly a 12 months in the past, it was reported that disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was brutally stabbed in jail. Now, particulars of the incident have emerged, revealing that the convicted pedophile was stabbed with a sharpened bathroom brush over a drug debt.
Watkins is at present within the midst of serving a 29-year jail sentence after pleading responsible to heinous crimes involving a number of counts of partaking in intercourse with minors, together with the tried sexual assault of a child.
The unique report of the August 2023 incident talked about that Watkins was taken hostage by three different inmates at HMP Wakefield jail, and crushed and stabbed, leaving him with life-threatening accidents.
Now, based on an account within the new guide Inside Wakefield Jail: Life Behind Bars within the Monster Mansion by Jonathan Levi and Emma French, as reported by The Mirror, it has been revealed that Watkins was stabbed over a £900 ($1,150) drug debt. The authors additionally found that Watkins has “spent 1000’s on safety” whereas in jail, as he’s despised by his fellow inmates.
A passage from the guide reads, “The latest stabbing was a reminder that he must pay. He took an quantity of spice off a prisoner with a jail worth of £150. As a result of it was Watkins, he was instructed he owed £900. He was excessive and refused to pay; due to this fact, he was stabbed within the facet utilizing a sharpened bathroom brush.”
One other prisoner instructed the authors, “He’s hated by many, however as HMP W is blended, i.e. VPs and high-level gangsters, drug importers and arranged crime, they only take cash off him for his security.”
Watkins has served greater than 10 years of his jail sentence so far and is eligible for parole in 2031, however incidents like hiding a telephone in his anus again in 2019 have added extra time to his sentence.
Lostprophets have been finest recognized for his or her No. 1 different rock single “Final Practice Dwelling.” The band ended upon Watkins’ arrest and conviction, with the opposite members occurring to kind the band No Devotion with Thursday singer Geoff Rickly.