Police have charged two men with the murder of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.
Rashid Gedel, 25 and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, have been charged with murder after Watkins, 48 was pronounced dead after being seriously assaulted at HMP Wakefield on Saturday morning.
The pair are due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court this morning, West Yorkshire Police said.
Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Saturday morning after Watkins, 48, was attacked with a knife. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences.
In 2013, Watkins pleaded guilty to 13 charges, including trying to rape a baby, sexually touching a 1-year-old, encouraging a fan to abuse her child and making child pornography.
At the time of his sentencing, Judge John Royce described Watkins as a manipulative and dangerous sexual predator who had abused his fame to help satisfy his “insatiable lust.”
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