Ian Watkins | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ian_Watkins_(2010)_(cropped).jpg) Watkins with Lostprophets in 2010 | |
| Born | Ian David Karslake Watkins 30 July 1977 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Other names | L'Amour La Morgue |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at HM Prison Wakefield since 2018 |
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| Criminal penalty | 29 years and 10 months imprisonment (parole possible after 20 years), plus 6 years on extended licence[1] |
Date apprehended | 17 December 2012 |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1995–2012 |
| Formerly of | Lostprophets |
Ian David Karslake Watkins (born 30 July 1977) is a Welsh former musician who was best known as the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. His career ended after he was sentenced to 29 years' imprisonment in 2013 for multiple sex offences, including the sexual assault of young children and infants, and the possession of "extreme" child and animal pornographic material,[2] a sentence later increased by ten months for having a mobile phone in prison. His bandmates disbanded Lostprophets shortly after his conviction and formed No Devotion with American singer Geoff Rickly.
- ^ Extended sentences Archived 12 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Sentencing Council
- ^ "Lostprophets' Ian Watkins sentenced to 35 years over child sex offences". BBC Online. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.