Ex who blew the whistle on Ian Watkins speaks out over prison attack
Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins taken ‘hostage for six hours’ by ‘killers who recently arrived at the prison’: Ex who blew the whistle on him ‘cannot believe it took so long’ for him to be attacked
- Joanne Mjadzelics was the first to tell police about Watkins’ depraved urges
The ex-girlfriend of Ian Watkins has said she is surprised it took so long for the convicted paedophile to be attacked in prison as it was claimed he was targeted by inmates who had ‘recently arrived’ at HMP Wakefield.
The former Lostprophets singer is believed to be in a critical condition in hospital after he was taken hostage by three fellow inmates for six hours and ‘tortured’ with a knife.
It is reported the 46-year-old – who visitors say still ‘prances around like a star’ behind bars – was only freed after a ‘Tornado’ team of specially-trained riot officers hurled stun grenades into the cell to break up the incident.
Sources claim two of the people who took the depraved former rocker hostage were ‘killers’, with reports suggesting the attack was planned to take place on a day when there were fewer staff at work in the prison.
Watkins was jailed for 35 years in 2013 for 13 offences against children, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby.
Ian Watkins, pictured here in his police mugshot, was attacked by inmates at HMP Wakefield on Saturday
His ex-girlfriend Joanne Mjadzelics, pictured here at Cardiff Crown Court in 2015, says she was ‘surprised’ it had taken him so long to be attacked behind bars
That came years after Joanne Mjadzelics repeatedly warned police about the singer’s vile urges, only to be charged with possessing indecent images of a child, sending vile pictures to the singer and demanding that he send her illegal pornography.
She was later cleared of all the charges after telling jurors she had been trying to entrap the her former lover and trick him into revealing his crimes.
Speaking to the Mirror in the wake of his prison attack, the 47-year-old revealed she was not concerned about his well being or health.
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She told the publication: ‘My only reaction is simply that I cannot believe it took them so long, particularly in Wakefield Prison.’
Visitors to the Category A prison in West Yorkshire today voiced a similar surprise that he had remained unharmed for so long.
One woman said: ‘Watkins is still prancing around in there like he is a star.
‘He is always done up to the nines and his hair is immaculate.
‘He has a girlfriend who visits him regularly – not the one he had when he was singing.
‘She is only a young think in her 20s.’
The attack, which began at around 9am on Saturday, saw three ‘heavy-duty’ prisoners drag him into a cell which was then barricaded by the gang.
One woman visiting the prison on Sunday said: ‘There was one from Liverpool and one from Bradford who attacked him. I don’t know where the other one was from.
‘My son said no one knows why they did it. Two of the men were killers. I don’t know what the third one was in for.
‘The three of him were torturing him. The got him in a cell and had him for six hours. They tortured him with the knife. They were sticking him with the knife.
‘They are all talking about it in the prison. They said they were surprised it happened. He has been in jail quite a bit so they must have been biding their time.
‘The three that did it are all in lockdown now. Then they will be moved out somewhere else.’
The former Lostprophets singer, pictured here performing at V Music Festival in 2011, was jailed for 35 years in 2013 for multiple sexual offences against children as young as one
Watkins, pictured here performing in Budapest in 2011, is believed to be in a critical condition in hospital after the attack
Members of Lostprophets (from the left) Lee Gaze, Stuart Richardson, Mike Lewis, Ian Watkins and Luke Johnson. The band broke up after Watkins’ depraved offences were revealed
One man visiting the prison added: ‘I just had a brief conversation with my son about it. It just kicked off. Three guys ran in his cell and that was it.
‘I just heard he did get f****d up.’
Another mum added ‘He got cut’ here while gesturing around her eyes. ‘I heard that those who did had only recently arrived in the prison,’ she continued.
A source told the Sun that Watkins was heard ‘screaming’ and in fear for his life, with the entire West Yorkshire prison wing swiftly put on lockdown.
The source added: ‘Watkins is obviously unpopular because of who he is – and has been walking around with a huge target on his back.
‘They got him on a Saturday, which is generally quieter with less staff on and it seems to have been planned.
‘People heard that he was in a bad way when he came out but will probably survive.
‘He was taken to Leeds and was still in hospital.’
A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘Police are investigating an incident which took place on Saturday at HMP Wakefield. We are unable to comment further while the police investigate.’
Watkins was sentenced to 35 years behind bars after he admitted to a horrific string of evil offences which included the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby, plus ten others after preying on fans.
He also admitted conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.
Describing the moment Watkins was taken hostage at the prison (pictured, stock image), a source said the paedophile as ‘screaming’ and in ‘fear of his life’
He changed his plea at the start of his trial but claimed he could not remember the ‘depraved’ abuse because he was high on crystal meth.
Since the 35-year term was handed down, he has had an extra 10 months added to the sentence due to possession of a mobile phone.
At a hearing for that offence, he told how he was locked up with ‘the worst of the worst’ and said someone could ‘sneak up behind me and cut my throat’.
The singer – a former boyfriend of BBC radio and television presenter Fearne Cotton – pleaded guilty to sex offences involving the children of two female fans, who were sentenced to 14 and 17 years in prison for allowing the offences to take place.
Prosecutor QC Chris Clee told Cardiff Crown Court in 2013: ‘Ian Watkins was the lead singer of a successful band called the Lostprophets.
‘He was also a determined and committed paedophile engaged in serious sex offences involving of two babies.’
Mr Clee also gave details of a sickening 17-minute video involving Watkins and one of the baby’s mother.
He said camcorder footage was shot in a London hotel room which showed Watkins performing a sex act on the child.
Sentencing Watkins, Mr Justice Royce said the case broke ‘new ground’ and his actions ‘plunged into new depths of depravity’.
The category A Victorian prison is home to some of Britain’s most dangerous offenders, some of whom will never be released.
Inmates of HMP Wakefield include triple child killer Damien Bendall, White House Farm spree killer Jeremy Bamber and Reynhard Sinaga who drugged and raped more than 100 young men.
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