According to Wales Online, former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has been sentenced to 35 years at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to 13 serious child sex offences last month. His co-defendants, who cannot be named (Woman A and Woman B), have been sentenced to 14 years and 17 years respectively.

Watkins received a 29 year sentence, plus an addition 6 via extended license due to the severity of the crime. He must serve two thirds before he is able to be considered for release.

Mr Justice Royal stated that the case broke new ground, telling the defendants that what they did “plumbs new depths of depravity”.

He added that “any decent person looking at or listening to material here would experience shock, revulsion, anger and incredulity.”

The judge claimed that Watkins had shown “an almost complete lack of remorse”, even expressing “delight”, for his behaviour and that his continued risk towards young women and children played a part in his sentencing.

For more information, you can read back the live blog from Wales Online

Quotes from the article:

The main gist of the defence mitigation is that Watkins was effectively “set up” by fans bombarding him with sexual attention, while his drug use meant he was out of control and couldn’t remember his actions.

Discussing his possible sentence, he added: “I’m going to put a statement on the 18th now just to say it was megalolz, I don’t know what everyone is getting so freaked out about.”

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.

Quoting from the article, the singer “denied 23 sexual offences involving children, including two charges of raping a baby.”

The charges he is facing (taken from the BBC’s site) are below, and the full story can be read at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22753681

Two charges of raping a baby
One of conspiracy to rape another child
One of sexual assault
One of aiding and abetting sexual assault by penetration
One of conspiracy to sexually assault a child
11 of making indecent images
Two of taking indecent images
Four of possessing indecent images
One of possessing extreme pornographic images involving an animal

He appeared via video link with his two female co-defendants, and was denied bail.

The singer’s legal team has made it clear at a previous hearing that he will be denying the charges.

“Following charges made today against Ian Watkins, we find ourselves in a state of shock. We are learning about the details of the investigation along with you. It is a difficult time for us and our families, and we want to thank our fans for their support as we seek answers.

Jamie, Lee, Luke, Mike and Stu”

http://www.facebook.com/lostprophets

Fans had been donating to Teenage Cancer Trust via. text to select a rare live track for the set, and ‘Darkest Blue’ was the final selection.

Have a watch of the video below, and then text TEEN1 to 70300 to make a £1 donation to the cause. 100% of your donation goes to Teenage Cancer Trust, and you will be charged £1 + your standard network rate for the text.

The video was produced by Second Light Media & Agnes Kotwinska Photography’ for Punktastic and Teenage Cancer Trust.

We also recently posted our review of Warped Tour UK, and will be posting a documentary of the event later this week!

http://www.teenagecancertrust.org
http://www.facebook.com/TeenageCancerTrust
http://www.facebook.com/lostprophets

Our advice, get this survey completed and see what happens, as we had loads of fun on Saturday and would happily do it all over again (sorry liver) -> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q3LTWSG

Also, if you fancy picking up some merch from weekend, then you can from http://warped-tour.mamstore.co.uk/.

Expect loads of Warped content from us over the next few days, including Reviews, Photos and Videos.

The deal is that you can vote for the one of the following tracks by texting its code to 70300. Each text donates £1 to Teenage Cancer Trust, and each text will cost you a mere £1 plus your standard network rate. Entries will be counted up until midday on Monday 5th November and the winning song will be announced on Tuesday 6th.

The full song listings and codes are:
LPS01 – Lucky You
LPS02 – Darkest Blue
LPS03 – Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl
LPS04 – A Million Miles
LPS05 – Weapon

The band had the following to say about the reason behind putting the idea into action:
“All of the songs we picked – some of them we’ve only played once or twice live over the past 12 years – they’re tracks that a lot of people ask us to play. We figured it would be a big deal for us to choose these because it’s finally giving our fans the chance to dictate which one they truly want to hear most. Teenage Cancer Trust is such an amazing charity. Everyone in the band has had someone close to them deal with a cancer-related tragedy at some point, so it’s a cause that’s really important to us. We’re happy to support it in whatever way we can.”

All details and links you need can be seen below!

Full details

http://www.facebook.com/lostprophets

http://www.facebook.com/TeenageCancerTrust

It’s taken from their recent album ‘Weapons’, and you can listen to it using the video player embedded in this article.

http://www.facebook.com/lostprophets

Razorlight headline 31st August, with Skindred taking head duties on 1st September. Kids In Glass Houses, Deaf Havana, Saves The Day, Lower Than Atlantis and many more are playing, and you can see the full line up on the poster below.

Lostprophets Takeover – 1st September
Pulled Apart by Horses
Save Your Breath
Neil Starr & Gavin Butler
Exit_International
Black And Reds
Bastions
Astroid Boys
The Dead Formats

The Blackout Takeover – 2nd September
A (festival exclusive)
Canterbury
Marmozets
Proxies
Page 44
Blowgoat
Verses
Buried in Alaska

Full details on the festival here: http://www.facebook.com/merthyrrock