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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIan Watkins, convicted paedophile and former Lostprophets singer, killed
https://www.nme.com/news/music/ian-watkins-convicted-paedophile-and-former-lostprophets-singer-killed-in-prison-attack-3898658At 9.39am this morning (Saturday), police were called by staff at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner, a police statement said. Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are investigating and inquiries remain ongoing at the scene.
Watkins was serving a 29-year sentence, with a further six years on license. He pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences in 2013, including the attempted rape of a baby, conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.
Very Much a POS
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Ian Watkins, convicted paedophile and former Lostprophets singer, killed (Original Post)
Shellback Squid
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IcyPeas
(24,392 posts)1. Release the EPSTEIN files.
RainCaster
(13,174 posts)2. This should be what awaits all of Epstein's buddies
Theil, TSF and others.
Release the pages - all of them.
With only the victims identities redacted.
canetoad
(19,630 posts)3. Not sorry
Good riddance.