A person has pleaded not responsible to murdering Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins.
The convicted baby intercourse offender and former singer was killed in Wakefield Jail aged 48 on October 11. Watkins was presupposed to serve a 29-year sentence with an additional six years on licence.
He pleaded responsible to 13 intercourse offences in 2013, together with the tried rape of a child, conspiring to rape a baby, three counts of sexual assault involving kids, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent photographs of kids and one in every of possessing an excessive pornographic picture involving a intercourse act on an animal.
Two males have been arrested following Watkins’ loss of life, and Rashid Gedel, 25, who was known as Rico Gedel in courtroom, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43 have been charged along with his killing two days after.
Yesterday (November 12), Dodsworth appeared at Leeds Crown Court docket through video-link from HMP Wakefield and pleaded not responsible to homicide, in accordance with BBC Information.
He additionally denied possessing a makeshift knife on the jail on the identical day Watkins was killed. He is because of stand trial on Could 5 in 2026.
An additional case administration listening to has been scheduled for February 2 subsequent 12 months.
Gedel in the meantime, refused to look in courtroom through video-link and no pleas have been entered on his behalf.
The courtroom was advised Gedel refused to go away his cell as a result of he wished to look in particular person.
It comes after a coroner just lately dominated that Watkins died from a stab wound to the neck.
