Two Men Accused with Prison Murder of Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins

Two men have been formally charged with murder following the jailhouse death of ex-Lostprophets frontman and convicted child sex offender Ian Watkins.

Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43 now face murder accusations and will appear before Leeds magistrates’ court on Monday morning, per investigating officers.

Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield, alongside six more years under supervision, after admitting a string of sex offences among them the tried rape of a very young child.

Watkins was taken into custody following a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home on 21 September 2012, when a significant quantity of computers, mobile phones and data storage units were seized.

Additional information forthcoming …