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Ian Watkins murdered in jail

168 replies

Daphnedot · 11/10/2025 17:30

I can't say im sad about it

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Bigpinksweater · 11/10/2025 17:38

nor me, all those wicked things he has done

YourSnugHazelTraybake · 11/10/2025 17:42

Oh dear how sad. Not.

tinybeautiful · 11/10/2025 17:43

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.

MinxyMew · 11/10/2025 17:45

Good

AutumnLover1989 · 11/10/2025 17:46

Best news I've heard in ages 🎉🎉🎉

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 11/10/2025 17:47

Give the convict a medal.

zebrazoop · 11/10/2025 17:53

🎉🎉🎉 hope it hurt

Devilsmommy · 11/10/2025 17:59

Karma gets all the cunts in the end😊

IHateWasps · 11/10/2025 18:00

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 11/10/2025 17:47

Give the convict a medal.

Or perhaps not as he’s hardly
likely to be a pillar of society himself considering that he’s also in a category A prison, And that often these attacks/killings are out of some petty dispute and not out of “principle”.

I’m not one bit sorry that he’s dead but his killer is hardly to be lauded either.

EmpressSisi · 11/10/2025 18:00

zebrazoop · 11/10/2025 17:53

🎉🎉🎉 hope it hurt

Apparently got shanked in the neck so fingers crossed 🤞

zebrazoop · 11/10/2025 20:05

Best news I’ve heard al day

hexsnidgett · 11/10/2025 20:07

Do you really want prisoners killing each other in prison?

GameOfJones · 11/10/2025 20:11

hexsnidgett · 11/10/2025 20:07

Do you really want prisoners killing each other in prison?

No. And I don't think we should be celebrating the inmate that slashed his throat.

But I can't say I'm sad about it.

LazySunbedDays · 11/10/2025 20:13

Karma
I think questions need to be answered in terms of how someone was able to do it, but I’m not upset about the world losing someone like him

Fraudornot · 11/10/2025 20:16

It’s hard to fathom such utter depravity as him.

Simonjt · 11/10/2025 20:18

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 11/10/2025 17:47

Give the convict a medal.

You want to give a murder, rapist or possibly a peadophile a medal? They won’t have been a shoplifter or someone dodging their TV licence.

Goldbar · 11/10/2025 20:21

Little lamented as he will likely be, his sentence was 29 years in prison, not death.

It is very worrying that this was able to happen. It makes a mockery of our justice system and having a judicial process, if we can't keep prisoners safe.

smilingfanatic · 11/10/2025 20:23

Simonjt · 11/10/2025 20:18

You want to give a murder, rapist or possibly a peadophile a medal? They won’t have been a shoplifter or someone dodging their TV licence.

Quite. If someone is doing such a long stretch that it makes no difference to them if a murder sentence gets tagged on, they have probably caused a great deal of misery themselves (possibly also to children).

Notmymarmosets · 11/10/2025 20:24

I think it's disgusting that in a rich country, we cannot keep our prisoners safe. If someone as high profile as him can be killed, anyone could be. I don't wish that for our prisoners.
Unfortunately it's not a rarity by any means and 5+ prisoners are murdered most years, with dozens more near misses.
And if you have never had cause to worry about the safety of someone in prison, then you are incredibly privileged and probably would do well not to comment.

TheFormidableMrsC · 11/10/2025 20:24

Absolutely delighted. The children he defiled will never be the same again. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke 🤷🏻‍♀️

Empress13 · 11/10/2025 20:25

Best news of the day on another note so
sad to hear Diane Keaton has died loved her films !

Dmsandfloatydress · 11/10/2025 20:28

Buy the man who did it a pint. Prison justice.

TheFormidableMrsC · 11/10/2025 20:39

Notmymarmosets · 11/10/2025 20:24

I think it's disgusting that in a rich country, we cannot keep our prisoners safe. If someone as high profile as him can be killed, anyone could be. I don't wish that for our prisoners.
Unfortunately it's not a rarity by any means and 5+ prisoners are murdered most years, with dozens more near misses.
And if you have never had cause to worry about the safety of someone in prison, then you are incredibly privileged and probably would do well not to comment.

I have two family members who have done long stretches in prison. No I don’t worry, they brought it on themselves. Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. I have zero sympathy. The rest of us have managed through life without resorting to crime. They are despicable as far as I am concerned. Men who defile children, or babies in this case, are always going to be targets. There will always be prisoners who will
find a way to end them. You can’t blame the prison service. He’s got what he deserved.

Discodance1988 · 11/10/2025 20:39

@Notmymarmosets do you know why Ian Watkins was in prison? Im shocked it took 12 years for his inevitable murder to happen. If it hadnt of happened in prison it would of happened on his release.

TheFormidableMrsC · 11/10/2025 20:40

Discodance1988 · 11/10/2025 20:39

@Notmymarmosets do you know why Ian Watkins was in prison? Im shocked it took 12 years for his inevitable murder to happen. If it hadnt of happened in prison it would of happened on his release.

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