British rock singer Ian Watkinswho was before his condemnation for the sexual abuse of children by the frontman of the Lostprophets group, died on Saturday after he was in prison, the British media said. TASR informs according to AFP report. Watkins served a 29-year prison sentence after he was sentenced in several serious cases of sexual crimes against children in December 2013 Including an attempt to rape the baby.
He died on Saturday after another prisoner in Wakefield prisoner attacked him in the north of England, PA said. The attack occurred in Saturday morning and the police arrived in the place and rescue services. Watkins, however, was declared dead shortly after that, stated in a police statement in West Yorkshire.
Sky News said another prisoner attacked him with a knife. According to the Daily Mail, he died of a bleeding after his throat cut off. In case of suspicion of his murder, they investigate two men aged 25 and 43. The singer, whose group sold millions of albums around the world, was already hospitalized in 2023 after a similar attack, when he became a hostage of other prisoners and the prison guard only liberated him after a few hours. Then he suffered stab injuries, but not life -threatening.
Lostprophets, which was founded in 1997 and had a series of gold albums in the United States and Platinum in Britain, disintegrated shortly after the allegations were raised against Watkins, Reminds AFP.
