Paid Members martyngnr Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25108439 Ian Watkins, singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets, has pleaded guilty to a series of "depraved" child sex offences including attempted rape of a baby. He had previously "furiously denied" the allegations. The 36-year-old from Pontypridd and two women had been due to stand trial at Cardiff Crown Court. Watkins pleaded guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but not guilty to rape. This was accepted by the prosecution. Sentencing will take place on 18 December. Prosecuting barrister Chris Clee QC told the court: "Ian Watkins was the lead singer in a successful band called the Lostprophets. "He accepts he was a determined and committed paedophile." Watkins also admitted three counts of sexual assault involving children and six involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal. The evidence against the defendant came from computers, laptops and mobile phones. One laptop seized from Watkins's home was password protected with an obscenity relating to sexual activity with children, which was uncovered when it was sent to GCHQ to be cracked. The court heard that he filmed and kept the episodes of abuse - which took place in various hotels in London and south Wales - which were recovered by police. Some of the evidence was too extreme and distressing to report Some of the "evidence was too extreme and distressing to report" has been reported by journalists on Twitter as Rupert Evelyn @rupertevelyn Hearing of conversation involving "whoring out" the child victim as well as plying them with crack cocaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladiesman345 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 The two women in question have Twitter accounts, one which shows Watkins holding her son. It really is a shocking story from top to bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted November 26, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 26, 2013 Didn't all this come to light well before the arrest on some kind of groupie forum about him? Definitely some stuff about him being one sick puppy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 It's the most disturbing story I've ever read of this nature. Just seriously uncomfortable to read and to try to digest. I think that, one way or another, he'll be a dead man within two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members martyngnr Posted November 26, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Didn't all this come to light well before the arrest on some kind of groupie forum about him? Definitely some stuff about him being one sick puppy anyway. Yes there was. I can't remember the site it was on either but the rumours were there long ago. I remember when at the Leeds Festival in 2010 he started singing "Sweet Child O' Mine" thinking it was a bit off and saying to my mate about the rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Didn't all this come to light well before the arrest on some kind of groupie forum about him? Definitely some stuff about him being one sick puppy anyway. Yep it was a random website like whosdatingwho or something, pretty sure there was specific mention about drugging kids and photographing them NME linked to a lot of detail about it before ( spoilered because its not nice) <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler Further details have emerged of the charges against former Lostprophets' frontman Ian Watkins. Some of the information contained within this report may cause distress. Earlier today (November 26), the former singer of the now-defunct Welsh band pleaded guilty to 13 sexual offences, including two of attempting to rape a baby. Two female co-defendants, who cannot be named, also admitted to numerous child sex offences. The evidence against Watkins came from computers, laptops and mobile phones, which were seized by police. The court heard that he filmed and kept the episodes of abuse, which took place in locations including hotels in London and south Wales. Some of the evidence was too extreme and distressing to report by media in court. Details revealed in court today include (via Wales Online and BBC News): A 17-minute long video involving Watkins and one of the women shot in a London hotel room showed Watkins performing a sex act on an 11-month-old baby. He claims he has no memory of the event. The video was shot in a hotel room in Shepherds Bush, London, the day after the release of the band's final album 'Weapons'. Earlier that day, he had appeared on BBC Radio 1. Prosecutors said that Watkins and the women subsequently exchanged emails about how they would not go "easy" on the child next time. One laptop seized from Watkin's home was password protected with the password "If***kids", which was uncovered when it was sent to GCHQ to be cracked. Watkins sent a text message to one of the women saying: "If you belong to me, so does your baby." The court also heard how Watkins sent messages to to one of his co-defendants talking of how he wanted "to cross the line". When she responded with "A summer of incest and child porn", he replied: "Hell yes baby." He then told her: "The sooner we start training her the better." Police downloaded video footage showing one woman being encouraged to abuse her child via a conversation on Skype. In the footage, which takes the form of a split screen, Watkins is seen masturbating and refers to the woman and her baby as his "slave duo." The child's mother then refers to her baby as "your little **** toy." At a later date she sent him a picture of herself having oral sex with the baby. Prosecuting barrister Chris Clee QC told the court that drugs played a "significant part in his offending against children". Police found meth, cocaine and GHB during their searches. Watkins also planned to "teach" the babies how to take drugs, the hearing was told. He also reportedly planned intoxicate one of his victims by blowing crystal-meth smoke into the child's face at a Cardiff hotel. Police also found box of camcorder cassettes which held recordings of sex acts with underage fans. The court heard in October 2006, Watkins met up in a hotel with a 16-year-old girl from Boston, who he had met during during a Lostprophets concert. The prosecution said she had agreed to give her virginity to him and flew from Boston to New York and went to a hotel where he was staying, bringing with her a schoolgirl outfit he had asked her to dress in. They are then filmed having oral and full sex before he asks her: "Do you like being my underage slut." He then urinated on her face and told her to 'drink my p***', the court heard." In Oct 2008 he filmed himself having sex with another 16-year-old girl, who was also a Lostprophets fan. The singer also admitted possessing and making child porn as well as launching the plot to rape a baby. Claiming his innocence, Watkins had told police during interviews he was being stalked by "a crazed fan" and other people had access to his computers. He also claimed he was the "victim of a malicious campaign". [close spoiler] ");document.close(); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Jesus christ that's grim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojojojo Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Fuck me. I dont even have words to express an opinion here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 I'm hoping for a special kind of hell for this creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 I'm hoping for a special kind of hell for this creature. Couldn't have put it better. Hope he doesn't die straight away though, and is made to suffer dreadfully for a good while yet in whatever cell he'll be rotting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazing_Red_Fan Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I feel physically ill after reading that. No words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted November 26, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2013 Fucking hell. What the fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It's all horrible, apart from that one sexy paragraph near the end. He can't come back from this to live any kind of life if he ever sees release from prison. His face will be too recognisable, even years down the line, and there's no forgiving this sort of transgression. He's as well to kill himself. How on earth did he even end up like that, though? Was he always a horrible wrongcock who then seized on the opportunities of fame, or did he just get in a depraved downward spiral once women started being obsessed with him? This bit seems too stupid to be true: One laptop seized from Watkin's home was password protected with the password "If***kids", which was uncovered when it was sent to GCHQ to be cracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I was (un)fortunate enough to read the whole unfiltered report from the Press Association and it's utterly horrifying. I'd have hated to have been on that jury and be made to watch that video. Watkins and the two women are total pond life. Scumbags, the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Surprised he or his expensive lawyers haven't played the ''but I was abused as a kid too'' excuse yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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