Ian Watkins (Lostprophets)

Ian David Karslake Watkins (30 July 1977 – 11 October 2025) was a Welsh singer and convicted child sex offender. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. His career ended after he was sentenced to 29 years in jail in 2013 for multiple sex offences.

On the morning of 11 October 2025, Watkins was killed after being stabbed in the neck in a prison attack at HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire at the age of 48.

References

Category:1977 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Welsh singer-songwriters
Category:Child sexual abusers
Category:Welsh musicians
Category:People who died in prison custody
Category:Murders by blade weapons