Lostprophets singer trial

Watkins was on minute suicide watch while on remand, the court heard. Jonathan Fuller QC, defending for Woman A, said she felt genuine remorse and was devastated by what she had done. Christine Laing QC, defending Woman B, said she was clearly remorseful for her behaviour and the loss of her child was her punishment. Meanwhile, South Wales Police are investigating whether Watkins also committed offences in Germany and America and the IPCC has confirmed it was investigating three police forces over the case.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Doyle, senior investigating officer, said the sentences reflected the gravity of the crimes and the investigation uncovered "the most disturbing child abuse evidence" he had seen in his 28 years as an officer.

Earlier he said the investigation was large scale because the amount of data involved - 27 terabytes - was "four or five times" the size of the databases held by South Wales Police. And he said how he was sure there were other child victims. Suzanne Thomas, Senior Crown Prosecutor at CPS Wales, said Watkins was the ringleader and the defendants conspired to commit "appalling crimes of abuse against young and defenceless victims". She added: "He is a highly dangerous and manipulative individual who preyed on his victims in a calculated manner.

They too have received sentences that reflect their admissions of guilt for these offences. Watkins 'no remorse' for child abuse. Watkins' ex-lover 'furious' at police. Profile: Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins. How could Watkins abuse for so long? Police 'new info' on Ian Watkins. Now, Lostprophets lead signer Ian Watkins will go on trial in the UK tomorrow, facing 24 horrific charges, including two separate counts of attempted rape of a baby.

Two women, who have not been named in the media, will also go on trial with him. Last month, the remaining band members addressed the situation and announced their official breakup on their Facebook Page :. After nearly a year of coming to terms with our heartache, we finally feel ready to announce publicly what we have thought privately for some time. We can no longer continue making or performing music as Lostprophets.

As we look forward to the next phase of our lives, we can only hope to be surrounded by people as devoted and inspiring as you guys have been. He had vociferously denied the accusations and loyal fans had attended court to show their support. But on Tuesday — after jurors had been warned they would have to examine some very disturbing images and arrangements had been made for them to receive counselling after the trial — Watkins and the women pleaded guilty to almost all the charges against them.

Watkins, whose former band has sold around 3. The court was told that the two women sexually abused their children at the behest of Watkins and were prepared to make the children available to him for sex. The prosecution said the attempted rape happened while Watkins was staying at a four-star hotel in west London shortly after appearing on BBC Radio 1.

When police investigated Watkins, who is from Pontypridd, they found a secret disc. GCHQ experts helped them get access to the material on the disc, which featured videos of sexual abuse, including the attempted rape. Watkins, a user of crack cocaine and crystal meth, maintained he could not remember the incident but the court was told this could have been because he was high on drugs.

It emerged he had also discussed forcing his victims to take drugs — and one of them was found to have been exposed to crystal meth. Christopher Clee QC, prosecuting, branded Watkins a "determined and committed paedophile".