Watkins pleads guilty to child sex charges

Ian Watkins, the former singer of the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, has pleaded guilty to a series of "depraved" child sex offences including theattempted rape of a baby which he had previously denied. In Cardif Crown Court, prosecutor Chris Clee QC described Watkins as a "determined and committed paedophile". Watkins made a series of admissions in a last-minute change of plea ahead of what would have been the launch of his trial. He pleaded guilty to sex offences involving the babies of two women fans – attempting to rape the 11-month-old baby of a fan 'Woman A' and conspiring to rape the baby daughter of another fan 'Woman B'.