Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins’ pleads guilty to 13 sex offences

By Chris Marshman

Lostprophets in 2009

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins is in court today to face a total of 24 charges against him in relation to sexual offences.

You can get live updates of the trial over on Wales Online.

Two quotes from Wales Online can be seen below:

“Ian Watkins has pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences – including two of attempting to rape a baby”

“Watkins, with his hands clasped in front of him, rocked back and forth as he also admitted sexually assaulting a child aged under 13.

He also admitted aiding and abetting a female co-defendant to sexually assault a child under 13.

The singer, who has sold 3.5m records, looked at his feet as he admitted conspiracy to rape a child aged under 13, while his voice faltered as he quietly replied “guilty” to a charge of conspiring to sexually assault a child under 13.

He also pleaded guilty to possessing an indecent photograph of a child between August and December last year, a further charge of possessing four indecent photographs of children between August and December last year, and another charge of possessing five indecent images of children between last August and last September.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of taking indecent photographs of children dating back to 2007 and 2008.

Watkins also admitted possession of indecent photographs of a child and possessing extreme pornography depicting a person engaged in a sex act with an animal.”

Lostprophets announced their split earlier this year.

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