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Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer)
Welsh musician (born 1977)
Not to be confused with Ian "H" Watkins.
Ian David Karslake Watkins (born 30 July 1977) is a Welsh former singer who was best known as the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets.
His career ended after he was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment in 2013 for multiple sex offences, including the sexual assault of young children and infants, and the possession of "extreme" child and animal pornographic material,[2] a sentence later increased by ten months for having a mobile phone in prison.
His bandmates disbanded Lostprophets shortly after his conviction and formed No Devotion with American singer Geoff Rickly.
Early life
Ian David Karslake Watkins was born on 30 July 1977 in Merthyr Tydfil.[3] He later moved to Pontypridd, where he attended Hawthorn High School with future Lostprophets bandmate Mike Lewis.[4] He gained a first-class honours degree in graphic desi