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Two inmates charged with murdering singer

Scottish Daily Express

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October 14, 2025

TWO prisoners have appeared in court charged with murdering paedo-phile rock singer Ian Watkins in jail.

- By Paul Jeeves Crime Editor

Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, inmates at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

They are accused of murdering ex-Lostprophets frontman Watkins, 48, on Saturday morning, at the high-security prison which houses some of the UK’s most notorious offenders.

Dodsworth and Gedel were produced separately for their brief court hearings.

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