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Former Lostprophets<\/strong> vocalist and current human trash bag Ian Watkins<\/strong> is currently serving 35 years in prison for what can only be described as some of the most horrific child sex offenses. Watkins<\/strong> was originally imprisoned in 2013 and, in 2023, was in bad shape after being beaten and stabbed in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Mirror<\/a><\/em> has now issued a report on the stabbing, saying that Watkins<\/strong> got punctured by a “sharpened toilet brush” and is currently paying other inmates for protection. The site further reports that the stabbing was “reportedly over a \u00a3900 drugs debt” and was only severe \u2013 not actually life-threatening as originally reported.<\/p>\n According to authors Jonathan Levi<\/strong> and Emma French<\/strong>, who wrote the book Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion<\/em> that looks at HMP Wakefield where Watkins<\/strong> is currently held, “He is hated by many, but as HMP W is mixed, i.e. VPs and high-level gangsters, drug importers and organised crime, they just take money off him [Watkins<\/strong>] for his safety.”<\/p>\n “He has spent thousands on protection. The recent stabbing was a reminder that he needs to pay. He took an amount of spice off a prisoner with a prison value of \u00a3150. Because it was Watkins, he was told he owed \u00a3900. He was high and refused to pay; therefore, he was stabbed in the side using a sharpened toilet brush.”<\/p>\n Some grotesque details of Watkins<\/strong>‘ case included pleading guilty to 13 child sex offenses including attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13, three counts of sexual assault involving children, six counts of child pornography, and “one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.”<\/p>\n Watkins<\/strong> previously made headlines in 2019 when he was sentenced to additional time after authorities found a cellphone in his anus<\/a>. On that one, source told The Mirror that Watkins<\/strong> had paid someone to use the phone, but lost several thousand pounds in the deal after getting caught and fined.<\/p>\n “He had paid a Liverpool gang member \u00a31,000 to use the phone, and when he got caught with it, he had to pay \u00a35,000. This is fact; I know the guy who lent him the phone. Watkins<\/strong> is on C wing at HMP W.<\/p>\n “His work activity is education. He buys his protection, and his recent stabbing was due to a drugs debt. He is considered vile amongst other offenders because of his involvement in sexual offences against babies]. He pays for protection.”\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n