Lee Gaze, bandmate of convicted paedophile and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has responded to news of his murder in HMP Wakefield.
The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year sentence for numerous child sex offences before he was attacked by two other inmates
Guitarist Lee Gaze took to X to thank a fan for their “kind words” and to share a prayer emoji, after they responded to one of his previous posts addressing Watkins.
He had started the thread in July when he posted:
“It’s been 13 years since my band ended in the most unimaginable circumstances and it’s still painful to think about.
“Things could’ve been so different.”
Watkins was sentenced to 29-years in prison after admitting 13 sex offences, including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby in December 2013.
He also encouraged a fan to abuse her child and secretly stashed child sexual abuse videos, some of which he had made himself.
In the aftermath of his guilty plea in December 2013, Mr Gaze said: “There was two sets of it [shock] because there were the accusations – which was one thing.
“And then there was the actual, ‘Yeah I did do it’ which was a year later. He dragged that out for a year, so we got hit by it twice.”
He added: “How could you know? How would you know?
“Who would disclose such a thing to five people, who between them have eight children? You just wouldn’t because they would be killed on the spot.”
Emergency services were sent to the prison in West Yorkshire on Saturday, 11 October, but Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men, aged 25 and 43, have been arrested and are in custody, police said.
The prison went into lockdown in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
Joanne Mjadzelics who is the ex-girlfriend of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins’ speaks out after he is killed in a prison attack.
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