Britt Jones
Warning: This article contains discussion of child sex abuse which some readers may find distressing
An update has been revealed about a woman who'd allowed Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins to abuse her baby.
On October 11, Watkins was brutally killed after being attacked by fellow inmates at HMP Wakefield in the UK.
Reports claimed that inmates were released from their cells, and the 48-year-old was targeted by two men, who then stabbed him to death.
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Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rashid Gedel, 25, and 43-year-old Samuel Dodsworth, have since been charged with his murder.
Watkins, was a once famed singer, but at the end of 2012, his sickening crimes came to light.
The following year, in 2013, he admitted 13 child sex offences, including conspiring to rape a child and was ordered to serve prison time.
Recently, one of the women who had served up their child for Watkins made a demand from prison.
Known as Woman B, she was ordered to serve 17 years behind bars after allowing the singer to abuse her child, and take indecent photographs.
The Parole Board revealed that her parole has been referred for review, with a spokesperson for the Parole Board telling the Daily Mail: "We can confirm the parole review of (Woman B) has been referred to the Parole Board by the Secretary of State for Justice and is following standard processes.
"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
"A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims."
They continued: "Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority."
Shockingly, Woman A has been confirmed to have been released from prison years ago.
She had been sentenced to 14 years in prison after admitting her guilt of the child abuse as soon as she was apprehended.
The Ministry of Justice told the publication that she had been freed in November 2023, after serving more than half of her sentence.
During the trial, a psychiatrist shared how her and Watkin’s abuse would impact her child for life.
“[They are] likely to have lifelong psychological difficulties coming to terms with the enormity of what has happened to him. He will eventually learn the truth of his childhood and the abuse he was subjected to,” they said in the court room.
In a speech during the 2013 trial at Cardiff Crown Court, Justice Royce said: “A mother naturally loves, protects, shields, nurtures and cherishes. Your infant would have trusted you implicitly. You totally betrayed that trust.”
According to reports, Watkins’ ex-girlfriend Joanne Mjadzelics, had made contact with Woman A, in 2012 to warn her about Watkins and his intent to harm children.
Sadly, just one month later, Woman A and Watkins would go on to abuse her baby together at the K West Hotel in West London, filmed it, and then she allegedly encouraged him as he attempted to rape her infant.
Watkins was arrested when a drugs warrant was ordered to search his home in September 2012, where computers, mobile phones and storage devices were taken and searched.
Mjadzelics had previously attempted to warn police about him, but no action was taken.
Woman B was initially released in June 2021, before being brought back in September after claims about her lying about her relationships, as well as 'other behavior', according to Metro.
In 2023, the woman had her first parole hearing, where it was revealed that she was not willing to accept any program to help her understand just how serious her sex offences were, and that she had been 'experiencing low self-esteem and being prepared to offend for the approval of others’.
It continued: "She had been too easily influenced and manipulated by another person. She had felt lonely and had been unable to successfully maintain relationships.
"Nor had she thought sufficiently about the impact of her actions on her victim."
If you’ve been affected by any of these issues or want to speak to someone in confidence regarding the welfare of a child, the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls from throughout the United States, Canada, US Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.