Ian Watkins, the former lead singer of Lostprophets who was jailed for child sexual abuse, has reportedly been stabbed at HMP Wakefield. The 47-year-old was taken to hospital after the incident, according to a source quoted by the Mirror, which said he had been held hostage by three other inmates on Saturday morning.
A Prison Service spokesperson confirmed that police are investigating an incident at the West Yorkshire prison on Saturday, but declined to comment further while the investigation is ongoing.
Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison in December 2013, with an additional six years on licence, after pleading guilty to a series of sex offences, including the attempted rape of a fan's baby. He was arrested in September 2012 following a drugs warrant at his home in Pontypridd, where authorities seized computers, mobile phones and storage devices that revealed his crimes.
