Jury shown dramatic CCTV footage of Ian Watkins after prison stabbing

8 May 2026 • 8:52 PM MYT
The Independent
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Jury shown dramatic CCTV footage of Ian Watkins after prison stabbing

  • Convicted paedophile and Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was stabbed in his high-security cell at HMP Wakefield on 11 October last year.
  • Dramatic prison CCTV footage, shown at Leeds Crown Court, captured Watkins emerging from his cell covered in blood after the attack.
  • The video appears to show alleged attacker Rico Gedel leaving the vicinity of Watkins' cell shortly after the incident, then engaging in a brief conversation with co-defendant Samuel Dodsworth.
  • Gedel, 25, is accused of entering Watkins' cell less than 20 minutes after it was unlocked and stabbing him three times in the head and neck with a homemade knife.
  • Both Gedel and Dodsworth, 44, deny charges of murder and possession of a makeshift knife in prison, with the trial currently ongoing.

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