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Ian Watkins Dead

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Americano75 · 11/10/2025 17:25

Gosh, how sad. (100% sarcastic)

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ian-watkins-dead-lostprophets-paedophile-36052854

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Americano75 · 11/10/2025 19:15

Bagsintheboot · 11/10/2025 19:14

Well I can't imagine his parents are exactly celebrating.

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Do you think it's likely that I am one of his parents and decided to start a thread on Mumsnet?

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MrsLizzieDarcy · 11/10/2025 19:14

Well as a taxpayer who had to contribute to keeping this man alive, I thank the person who did this on our behalves.

I'll save my sympathy for the officers who had the horror of dealing with this and for his victims.

WearyCat · 11/10/2025 19:14

Yeah I’m a pacifist generally speaking and very much in favour of human rights, but some people really do not deserve them. This man was a horrendous stain on humanity and I think he deserved everything he got.

Flyingintotheunknown · 11/10/2025 19:14

HornyHornersPinger · 11/10/2025 19:06

I'd rather he'd been executed at the time of his evil conviction to save us the cost of feeding and keeping him warm for the last 12 years, but this is the next best thing.

I do love karma.

Aye but he will have spent many years in prison looking over his shoulder fearing for his life every day. That in itself is so satisfying knowing that he would have been suffering every day of his life. Apparently this wasn’t the first attempt at trying to unalive him.
But you are right, it’s karma and he’s got just that

Bagsintheboot · 11/10/2025 19:14

Americano75 · 11/10/2025 19:12

Is it seriously that much of a stretch in this particular? Can you think of anyone who might feasibly be 'sad' at the news of this vile, evil individual's death? Come on.

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Well I can't imagine his parents are exactly celebrating.

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Americano75 · 11/10/2025 19:12

ItWasTheRightThing · 11/10/2025 19:08

I voted YABU because you said ‘how sad’ and clearly it’s not.
sarcasm doesn’t really come across when not spoken.

Is it seriously that much of a stretch in this particular? Can you think of anyone who might feasibly be 'sad' at the news of this vile, evil individual's death? Come on.

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anxietyangel · 11/10/2025 19:10

I hope it was absolutely horrifying, painful and dragged out in the most degrading way possible

SorcererGaheris · 11/10/2025 19:09

Nineandahalf · 11/10/2025 18:07

I think lots of people do struggle to listen to R Kelly and MJ
And the lost prophet band members changed genre and made new music later. People could listen to that if they were so bothered about their income.

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@Nineandahalf

But some people still enjoy the music regardless of what the artists have done or allegedly done.

Not everyone can be expected to feel the same. It's something that's personal for the individual.

If someone still enjoys the original Lost Prophets music, they are within their rights to listen to it if they want to.

ItWasTheRightThing · 11/10/2025 19:08

I voted YABU because you said ‘how sad’ and clearly it’s not.
sarcasm doesn’t really come across when not spoken.

Kimura · 11/10/2025 19:08

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 11/10/2025 17:28

The vile excuse for a human being

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Steps weren't that bad.

SmallestGnome · 11/10/2025 19:07

Good. I really truly hope he suffered.

AutumnWreath · 11/10/2025 19:07

Cynic17 · 11/10/2025 18:52

This is actually a shocking reflection on on the poor quality care and supervision provided by the prison. It doesn't matter what you think of the deceased, or his crimes, he should have been kept safe by the authorities.

How many staff to keep an eye on 600 /700 men ? You can't have your eyes on every single prisoner 24/7 .

HornyHornersPinger · 11/10/2025 19:06

I'd rather he'd been executed at the time of his evil conviction to save us the cost of feeding and keeping him warm for the last 12 years, but this is the next best thing.

I do love karma.

CherryRipe1 · 11/10/2025 19:06

I heard he was having money extorted from him as protection money. He must have run out of money. ...Anyway, as Bette Davis said, one should only speak good of the dead. He's dead. Good.

Nanatobethatsme46 · 11/10/2025 19:06

Lock them all up together and let them kill each other one by one
All as bad as each other and should never be released

DoYouThinkYouCouldTell · 11/10/2025 19:05

My heart bleeds purple pish .......

The fact he didn't have a whole life tariff was too much to contemplate.
His money couldn't save him.
Good riddance.

DeeKitch · 11/10/2025 19:05

YorkshireGoldDrinker · 11/10/2025 19:00

Separate the art from the artist. If you knew about the unsavoury details of every artist you've ever enjoyed, you'd never listen to or watch anything again. And that's just a boring life to lead when you think about it.

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Hardly ‘unsavoury’ he was evil

Nanatobethatsme46 · 11/10/2025 19:05

Good and im glad he had years in prison watching his back before he was killed.hopefully a slow and painful death
Those poor babies and their families can know for sure he will NEVER abuse another child again

shuggles · 11/10/2025 19:05

I'm not sure why everybody celebrates these violent events.

First of all, the people who murder paedophiles in prison are not saints. The man who murdered Richard Huckle (one of the worst paedophiles on record) is a sex offender who is so dangerous that it is not permissible to leave him alone with a female prison officer under any circumstances.

Second point is that this is a symptom of prisons not being secure enough. If Ian Watkins has been murdered, who else could potentially be harmed?

SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 11/10/2025 19:05

Oh well.

DeeKitch · 11/10/2025 19:04

May he rest in boiling p iss

SorcererGaheris · 11/10/2025 19:04

DramaLlamacchiato · 11/10/2025 17:53

Can you remember the last time you heard a lostprophets, R Kelly or Gary Glitter song on the radio? I can’t

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@DramaLlamacchiato

But there's a difference between the radio playing/promoting the music of sex offenders and individuals who still enjoy the music choosing to listen to it privately.

People are entitled to listen to what they enjoy, no matter what the performer has done.

Paul2023 · 11/10/2025 19:03

Bagsintheboot · 11/10/2025 17:39

They bloody shouldn't be because if a prisoner can get hold of a weapon to do this then they can just as easily turn it on those same guards.

I won't be shedding a tear, but the fact a prisoner has managed to kill another when they shouldn't be able to access the right tools to do so isn't good news...

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Exactly. My poor colleagues could have been victims too.- by the way I don’t work anywhere near Wakefield.

I couldn’t care about Watkins being killed but I do care that someone was able to use a knife to murder someone in a Category A prison.

BunnyLake · 11/10/2025 19:03

Not going to read articles or even this thread but thank fuck for that 🥳

K0OLA1D · 11/10/2025 19:03

Lost Prophets were a massive part of my teens. They were my favourite band when I was 13/14 in 2003. I haven't listened to them since the new broke.

I am glad he will now never ever be free.