Pictured: Two men charged with murder of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Two Men Charged with Murder of Paedophile Singer Ian Watkins

Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, have been charged with murder and appeared before Leeds Magistrates' Court.

Ian Watkins, the disgraced frontman of Lostprophets, was fatally injured in an incident at Wakefield Prison on Saturday.

Watkins was jailed in 2013 for child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.

No comment from the court or the defendants was available.

The incident occurred just after 9:30 am on Saturday.

Author's summary: Two men charged with murder.

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