Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck in a alleged prison attack, an inquest has heard.
Watkins, 48, died on 11 October after being assaulted at HMP Wakefield, where he had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences.
The inquest, opened earlier at Wakefield Coroner’s Court, was adjourned pending the completion of an associated murder trial.
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with Watkins’ death while two other men, aged 23 and 39, arrested earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder were returned to prison as inquiries continue.
Coroner Oliver Longstaff said Watkins, who was referred to by his full name of Ian David Karslake Watkins during the brief hearing, had been pronounced dead at the West Yorkshire jail by an attending doctor and was formally identified by a prison officer.
Mr Longstaff,said paramedics were called to the jail “following a report he had been stabbed in the neck”.
The coroner said a post-mortem report gave the cause of death as an incision to the neck.
In 2013, the Welsh singer pleaded guilty to 13 child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby.
Prosecutors had described him as a man corrupted by fame, drugs, and power who had committed crimes “beyond imagination.”
He was stabbed in prison previously, in 2023, and taken to hospital with injuries which were not life-threatening.
Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared in court last week charged with his murder, but were not asked to enter pleas.
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