OMG I am shocked .Lostprophets

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Xenia Quote from Guardian:

The 35-year-old has been charged with conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a female under 13 and possession/distribution of indecent images of children.

panda it can take up to 10 weeks to get a magistrates court date - even for this sort of offence - maybe it shouldn't but in practice - it does.

Not 10 weeks for the initial hearing, surely. People get arrested and brought before Magistrates for hearings very rapidly after arrest, even on Xmas Day, etc. How else could bail/remand be decided?

I would say trying to rape a 1 year old is "something real"

Yes they can only find people guilty if they are guilty - but sexual offences are very hard to prove - especially in a one person's word against another scenario - find people not guilty when they are is far more likely under our adversarial system where a trial is simply a chess game between 2 barristers and it is no-ones job to find the truth in court.

Far too much is excluded - to protect through defendants rights - which makes for a fair trial for the accused but not for the victim.

Until I got dragged into this system - I had no idea how poor it is - I naively believed the truth would out - but I have discovered the truth has no place in a trial.

Yes I cab assure you 10 weeks from charge to magistrates is a real lifer example

When I first heard about this, it did cross my mind that it was a 12-13 yr old fan that looked and acted a lot older as this does happen. But the more I have now read makes me feel very squeamish and I really hope it is untrue for the children's sake.

Gah, meant to add, I am in now ay legally trained. This is just my understanding of the 'making indecent images' law. I believe it was brought in to prosecute paedophiles who were amassing images and sharing them. Am prepared to be corrected.

poor little girl :(

Jesus Christ! I had never even heard of Ian Watkins before this (when I heard the news I thought they meant H from Steps - real name Ian Watkins ). I have a one year old daughter - I really do feel sick having read the details, I was also assuming the charges would relate to a 12/13 year old he had met who looked & acted much older (not that that would be OK of course).

Not much shocks me, but that ANYONE could plot to do that to a baby is one of the things that does .

@Izzy

he wouldn't have know any court dates in Nov when the tour was canceled. he was only arrested on monday.

Chickens But would that not come under possession and distribution?

I'm totally prepared to be wrong, I just thought that file sharing would have been distribution.

news.sky.com/story/1027393/lostprophets-singer-held-on-child-sex-charges

The singer, from Pontypridd, is alleged to have conspired with a woman to rape the girl, Cardiff magistrates were told.

He is also accused of two incidents of conspiring to engage in sexual touching with two young children; possessing, making and distributing indecent images; and possessing "extreme" animal pornography.

The conspiracy charges related to a period between May 1 and Monday this week, while the indecent images related to a period between August 12 and Monday, the court heard.