Ian Watkins killed.

Probably going to say something unpopular, judging by the comment here, but,

I did not want him killed in prison. He should have his crime hang over him like a life sentence upon release. Death is too easy a way out and makes a mockery of the justice system as well as questions about safety in prisons.

He should have served his time, then be shunned by all around him. A living warning to anyone else who would dare act the way he did.

Meant 'the' justice system. Will change. Cheers

He will go down in history for the monster he is. Everyone would hound him and be sickened by him until the end of his life. He should never know a moments peace. Think it would have served as visual warning to other potential offenders that this fate awaits perpetrators and could have acted as a deterrent. I just think death is too easy.

Good riddance to the ****.

Seems to me they are perfectly compatible.

Wakefield is a Category A prison, murderers and nonces. And many of the murderers are also nonces.

Watkins could have kept himself away from the risk of being murdered by a murderer, by not raping children.

Never wished death on anyone but absolutely delighted with this news, also so happy that the last 13yrs of his life he's been looking over his shoulder and has been beaten and stabbed on numerous occasions.

What he did was absolutely vile and sickening.

I feel so sorry for his bandmates, their career was over, people always saying "How did they not know"

Burn in hell Watkins

All I feel sorry for is the staff and all the hassle and paper work they'll have to do.

Looks like he caught the Last Train Home

Have to wonder what is going on in the mind of someone who rapes children.

I think there is a lot more to the general story then we know.

He was targeted repeatedly and was hospitalised before after being attacked.

Yeah I get it, sickos like him are shunned in prison, but it's rare that someone in a UK prison, especially with his fame, be targeted repeatedly until the job is done.

The whole story is absolutely crazy. He was doing what he was doing and not even making huge efforts to hide it yet it went on for years at the height of his fame, the guy was even uploading depraved videos of himself to public websites.

His PC password was "I fuk kidz" and when asked why he did the depraved things he did he said "for the mega lols".

How he slipped under the radar for so long is a total stain on UK police.

Don't forget about how his ex repeatedly went to the police to tell them what he was doing, with evidence, and was written off as crazy. I think she might have even been arrested herself over it. He didn't slip under the police radar, they actively ignored it.

It came out during his trial that even after he'd been arrested and charged he continued to communicate (via a hidden phone) with some "fans" from his prison cell. I remember in one message he described what he got up to as "mega Lolz". This tells you everything about the guys mentality.

Apparently it was the second attempt on his life. As far as I can see, if you are notoriously convicted of paedophilic crimes in the Uk, you are a dead man walking in prison.

Plenty of chronic drug addicts who aren't remorseless, gloating paedophiles.

prison doesnt resolve trauma!