Convicted sex offender and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has reportedly been rushed to hospital.
Mirror sources say the singer, 46, was set upon by fellow lags inside HMP Wakefield, where he is serving 29 years for multiple sex crimes, including offences against young children and babies.
The source said: “He was found by officers after being held hostage and battered on Saturday morning. He’s in a life-threatening condition and there are fears he could die. If he survives, he’ll have been very lucky.”
It is thought Watkins was taken hostage by three others shortly after 9am on Saturday. He is said to have sustained stab wounds and suffered beatings before eventually being freed by prison officers around six hours later.
Witnesses said paramedics worked to save his life in an ambulance outside the prison. A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Police are investigating an incident which took place on Saturday at HMP Wakefield. We are unable to comment further while the police investigate.”
Watkins shot to fame as the frontman for the rock bank Lostprophets until he was unmasked as a drug-crazed predatory paedophile in 2013.
He shocked the rock world after pleading guilty to the attempted rape of a baby and 10 other sex offences after preying on fans, including two who offered up their babies to be abused by their idol. Watkins was described in court as a “determined and committed paedophile”.
The court heard he plotted to abuse two babies with their own mothers in internet and text message exchanges, in which he spoke of his desire to “cross the line” and to intoxicate one young victim by blowing crystal meth smoke into the child’s face. And the judge heard details of a sickening 17-minute video shot in a London hotel room which showed Watkins perform a sex act on a child.
In 2013, the Welsh native pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to 13 child sex offences. He also admitted to the rape and sexual assault of a child who was under the age of 13.
Watkins also admitted 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.
Sentencing Mr Justice Royce said the case broke “new ground” and “plunged into new depths of depravity”. He said Watkins had a “corrupting influence” and had shown a “complete lack of remorse”. He added Watkins posed a significant risk to the public in particular to women with young children.
If you’ve been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999
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