Inmate said Watkins attack would 'make me famous'

Inmate said Watkins attack would 'make me famous'11 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSouth Wales PoliceThe disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was sentenced to 29 years in jail plus six years on extended licenceA prisoner accused of murdering paedophile singer Ian Watkins told jail staff: "If I've killed him, you could be talking to someone famous," prosecutors have told a jury.Lostprophets frontman Watkins was stabbed to death in his cell at HMP Wakefield on 11 October, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences.Prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court serving prisoner Rashid Gedel went into Watkins' cell less than 20 minutes after it was unlocked for the morning and stabbed him three times in the head and neck with a home-made knife, before passing it to Samuel Dodsworth to dispose of.Gedel, 25, and Dodsworth, 44, both deny murder and possession of a makeshift knife in prison.The court heard the attack lasted just 20 seconds and Gedel was "perky" when he was detained by prison officers afterwards.He later told police he was jealous of "nonce prisoners" because they "got treated like royalty," and he thought it was disgusting having to share a wing with sex offenders at HMP Wakefield, where they were not segregated.At the time of its last inspection in 2025, around two-thirds of the inmates at HMP Wakefield were convicted of sexual offences.Derbyshire Police/Metropolitan PoliceSamuel Dodsworth and Rashid Gedel deny murdering Ian WatkinsProsecutors say the attack was "a joint offence" between the two defendants, and Dodsworth knew it was going to happen.Tom Storey KC said Watkins, who was a "particularly notorious and high-profile" prisoner, received two notes the day before he was killed which accused him of getting another prisoner kicked off the wing, demanded money from him and threatened violence.The court heard Gedel had been moved into the same wing a...