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Ian Watkins murder accused boasted about being famous - jury told

www.bbc.com·BBC News·25 days ago
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Inmate said Watkins attack would 'make me famous' South Wales Police The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licence A prisoner accused of murdering paedophile singer Ian Watkins told jail staff: "If I've killed him, you could be talking to someone famous," prosecutors have told a jury. Lostprophets frontman Watkins was stabbed to death in his cell at HMP Wakefield on 11 October, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. Prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court serving prisoner Rashid Gedel went into Watkins' cell less than 20 minutes after it was unlocked for the morning and stabbed him three times in the head and neck with a home-made knife, before passing it to Samuel Dodsworth to dispose of. Gedel, 25, and Dodsworth, 44, both deny murder and possession of a makeshift knife in prison. The court heard the attack lasted just 20 seconds and Gedel was "perky" when he was detained by prison officers afterwards.…

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