To be fair, I don't think you're ready for that type of knowledge just yet. It is an incredibly difficult step to report child abuse so it is imperative that when people do speak out, they have the utmost confidence that what they are reporting will be taken seriously and acted upon immediately." What the hell is going on? But he was a sex addict and a drug addict and clearly suffering from delusions. Watkins begged the mum for selfies, signing off 'Love Trouble' Last week, a court heard the 42-year-old receives "hundreds and hundreds of pages of letters" behind bars , mainly from females. Step-father John Davies said family are 'completely . "It's hard not to think that whatever he does is cool, because I used to think that," said one 27-year-old male fan. Since then, he has received fan letters from women at HMP Wakefield and still has thousands of fans online, Don't miss a thing! 17. Close Brothers Sep 1999 - May 2006 6 years 9 months. Occupation Right: Mugshot via South Wales Police. Why? Watkins was the ninth housemate to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house on 3 January 2007. The Proprietor of Propaganda. A past girlfriend of paedophile Ian Watkins has revealed how the warped rock star prostituted himself out on the internet as a sex slave.. "The reason for this decision is that we believe that there is potentially a serious threat towards your daughter's safety and your own wellbeing. Think you can handle that? Britney Haynes | Big Brother Wiki | Fandom Ian Watkins' former girlfriend has told a court she took a mother who was later convicted of plotting to let the Lostprophets singer rape her baby to police but was ignored. Ian David Karslake Watkins (born 30 July 1977) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, musician, and convicted sex offender. He was jailed for an extra 10 months after being found with a mobile phone up his bum inside high-security Wakefield Prison. Mother A was given 14 years for her crimes and Mother B will serve 17 years. In 2020, he competed in the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice. Ian Watkins ', known by his stage name as H, is a Welsh singer and actor. DEPRAVED: Watkins may face more charges once behind bars according to one senior detective [AP], PAEDO: The judge said the crimes were indefencable [WENN], FANS: Watkins took advantage of the Lostprophet's fans [YUI MOK], SHOCK: Watkins pled guilty to a series of horrifying child sex crimes [PA]. 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The Baptist Minister told the Daily Mail: There are things I may well want to say to him. Church minister John Davies, 53, and his wife Elaine, 60, say they . Every one of us This cult has a shrine of Ian Watkins and meetup for coffee every weekend. The whole saga has been poorly handled, awkward, messy, and worst of all, a sad way to close such an esteemed three decades for Bruce. A child has been taken into care after former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was found to be grooming a mother from prison. . If you still can't find it then a lot of pics from it are still online in other places too. "I hope something will happen to change that perception of people. The depraved former Lostprophets singer posed online . Ian "H" Watkins - Wikiwand Twisted paedophile Ian Watkins still raking in royalties as fans buy t 4th He is known as a member of the British pop group Steps. In another letter he said: "This might come across as slightly demanding I know, but after 3 months of banging my head against the wall I think I've earned the right to assert some dominance into proceedings and get us back on track" before asking for pictures. I actually started to cry reading it. Other Facebook and Instagram pages dedicated to Watkins had more than 3,000 followers in total, and regularly posted old pictures of him some of which he posed with young female fans in. and on TV in the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother. Disturbing messages were left for Watkins on the groups. (Photo: James Watkins/ BBC) BBC Radio 2, Paul O'Grady . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Do Not Sell My Personal Ian Watkins full sentencing report. He excelled at both, achieving top grades at Hawthorn High School in Pontypridd, before getting first class honours in a graphic design degree. Stacie first met Watkins after a gig in her hometown of Nottingham, managing to get backstage through a Lostprophets sound engineer she knew. How Britain Finally Turned Into a Nation of Paedophile Hunters, My Six Years with Jimmy Savile: An Interview with His Biographer. This has just horrified all of us.". Stacie revealed how the rocker described to her how he binged on cocaine to 'get to a different frame of mind, to get into the dark side.'. Ian Watkins' stepfather has spoken of his anger toward the fallen rock star, saying he could "cheerfully knock him around a cell". Ian has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder; he . "Even though I was with him, Ian had lots of girlfriends. We are heartbroken, angry and disgusted at what has been revealed. After sexually touching a groupie's 11-month-old baby, Watkins then tried to have penetrative sex with the child. Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been found guilty of possessing a mobile phone while in prison. Ian 'H' Watkins finds love again three years after split with partner Referring to a 'Gold letter' he planned to send, he wrote: "I still have the 'Gold' letter btw. Sentenced alongside Watkins were two women, who had admitted a string of sex abuse charges against their own children. T-shirts, hoodies and tank tops were all for sale, ranging in price from 14 to 29. Tbf I have no idea if you could even handle it, or if you'd even be into it. Ian Watkins Latest news and headlines - Yahoo! He grew obsessed with the explicit Adultword chat website and revelled in touting himself out for sexual depravity. Left: Ian Watkins before his arrest, in 2010. The disgraced star ran a profile under the name "f***nastyf***you" and posted pictures of himself having sex with women and men. Church minister John Davies, 53, and his wife Elaine, 60, say they are struggling to understand what turned their son from a straight-A pupil raised in a Baptist manse in Pontypridd to a paedophile whose dark sexual desires knew almost no boundaries. Every woman I've known him be with was either suffering with depression or going through some sort of trauma in their lives. The couple split up when he started taking drugs, ridiculing Stacy as 'a lightweight' for not joining him on his Class A substance binges. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Last year it was reported that Watkins had been moved from a . The devastated parents of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins have spoken of their horror at their son's crimes against children. claims that reports of Watkins abuse were made to South Wales I don't think he's evil, he's someone who needs help.". Disgusted Stacie Rushby, Watkins' ex-partner, has now painfully lifted the lid on her past life with reviled Watkins before his shocking descent into child abuse, including one attempt to rape a tiny baby. "They lost their reputation and livelihood over that man. Ian Watkins: Standing by him could help heal a 'very broken family "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. With the benefit of hindsight, this 2010 Myspace interview with the band features a deeply sinister moment in which Ian Watkins answers a question by online user "Babygirl". They are the most heinous crimes. Last year, Leeds Crown Court heard Watkins received hundreds of pages of letters from female admirers at HMP Wakefield, otherwise known as Monster Mansion for housing some of the UK's most notorious criminals. In an interview with the Sunday Times in May of 2014, bassist Stuart Richardson said: "We just wrote music. I saw your comment before I read the report and I thought, "That's a little extreme," because I didn't know the context. Ian is one of the member of the Pop UK group "Steps" also known as "H". Ian Watkins fans are still worshipping the vile Lostprophets paedophile online, years after his imprisonment. One of Watkins' harem introduced him to a transvestite, fuelling his lust for sex with men and he attended seedy orgy parties, Stacie explained. We did our best. Now a proud mother, she says she was pilloried with abuse from people who accused of her not spotting Watkins' perverted ways. refused to give up on his wifes child. A raft of messages were also left for him on his birthday on July 30. You P do just that with apparent enjoyment. Former Steps member Ian 'H' Watkins receives a public apology after his photo was used on a website reporting on the Ian Watkins abuse case. EVIL paedophile Ian Watkins has raked in about 100,000 from music sales and royalties since his arrest on child sex charges last year. by Kevin EG Perry. who said that he was so proud of his brother until he found out the horrible truth about the heinous crimes his brother had committed. Tweet. Singer & Recording Artist. I've seen a lot of fucked up stuff but that left me speechless. "Ian was loved, cherished, encouraged and nurtured. The most serious charges were attempting to rape a baby and . "It was devastating. "I don't want to be known as the brother of Ian . "But he's now a monster. He wrote back saying that he loved her. Help Wanted | Advertising Info | Contact Us, Privacy A spokesperson for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) told VICE: "That one of the country's most notorious paedophiles could just carry on grooming someone and send sexualised messages about her daughter from behind prison walls is utterly bewildering. That a simple unchecked mobile phone could have helped to prevent further abuse by Watkins is unthinkable, and is just one cause for significant concern amongst this catalogue of basic failures. Ian 'H' Watkins, 45, has hit out at a cruel homophobic social media troll who targeted the pop star for being a father as a gay man to his twin sons Macsen and Cybi. Well-polished Royce Lewis seems like a star in the making for Twins And how much money does Ian Watkins earn? In 2006 their third album, Liberation Transmission, entered the chart at number one. Watkins 24-year-old younger brother Daniel agreed, adding that he changed when the band moved to LA. Emi Martinez also recorded his first clean sheet in over a month . Children's services passed this information to South Wales Police, who began an investigation, but by May of 2009 they decided there was insufficient evidence and no further action was taken. While bandmates and fans didn't know what Watkins was up to, South Wales Police had been told long before. To be clear: we did not. John added that Watkins, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison, had a very strong relationship with his mother who is now waiting for a kidney transplant. is completely and utterly devastated., Watkins younger brother Daniel, 24, said he used to be proud to To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Ian Watkins Facts & Wiki Where does Ian Watkins live? On Tuesday, Watkins admitted sickening sexual offences against children , including the attempted rape of a baby. | I guess we will see! Over the course of that, he has probably had three different ladies visit him at different times, regularly. kidney transplant and who had a very strong relationship with the Ian Watkins will be sentenced in December.