Jo Mjadzelics, who had an on-off relationship with Ian Watkins, is the whistleblower who first told cops about the singer’s dark fantasies with children but was repeatedly ignored
The former girlfriend that exposed sick rock pervert Ian Watkins has revealed she is shocked it took lags so long to kill him.
Jo Mjadzelics, 48, is the whistleblower that first told cops about the singer’s dark fantasies with children but was repeatedly ignored. Watkins, 48, died after being attacked in prison where he was serving a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies at HMP Wakefield, in West Yorkshire.
He was attacked with a knife by another inmate on Saturday morning, sources have confirmed. West Yorkshire Police said detectives from the homicide and major inquiry team are investigating after prison staff reported the assault on Watkins, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The whistleblower had an on-off relationship with Watkins from 2006 after the rocker sought her out on MySpace and confessed his dark sexual fantasies. She tried to warn the authorities about his lust for young children for four years but was repeatedly ignored.
He was only finally arrested when police raided his Pontypridd home using a drug warrant in September 2012. Jo told The Sunday Mirror: “I was shocked having the news out of the blue as I would with anyone who’s died, there were tears but only because of the shock, not tears for him.
“As I said before though, I’m only surprised it’s taken nearly 13 years to happen, it was crazy how he was protected this long. I was worried sick he’d get out and track me down or something.”
The former Lostprophets frontman was eventually jailed in December 2013 for a string of child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby. The monster was sentenced to 29 years in prison with a further six years on licence, but he will be eligible for parole after serving two thirds of the prison term.
His two co-defendants, the mothers of children he abused, were jailed for 14 and 17 years. During sentencing, Mr Justice Royce said the case broke “new ground” and “plunged into new depths of depravity”.
Watkins admitted the attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but pleaded not guilty to rape. Judges rejected an appeal by Watkins in 2014 reduce his sentence by half. As a rock star in his 20s, he sold millions of albums around the world and commanded huge arena crowds.
Formed in 1997, Welsh rock band Lostprophets released five studio albums in total, including a number one album in the UK and two Top 10 singles. They also saw some success in the US, where their second and third albums both reached the Top 40.