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Jury discharged in Ian Watkins murder trial, retrial set

Published 26 May 2026

The murder trial of two inmates accused of killing former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has ended abruptly, with the jury discharged for legal reasons and a retrial ordered. Watkins, a convicted child sex offender, was stabbed to death in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefield on October 11, 2025.

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