Former LOSTPROPHETS Singer Ian Watkins' Jail Term Appeal Refused; BBC Video Report Streaming
July 24, 2014, 9 years ago
Judges have thrown out an appeal by paedophile rock star Ian Watkins to reduce the length of his jail term for child sex offences. The former Lostprophets singer from Pontypridd (UK) was jailed for 29 years in December, with another six years on licence.
Appeal judges said his offences were "of such shocking depravity that they demanded a lengthy prison sentence".
A woman jailed alongside Watkins - the mother of a girl he abused - also saw a cut in her 17-year sentence refused. A second woman, whose child was also abused by the singer, was jailed for 14 years and did not appeal.
Watkins, 37, denied all the charges against him when he was arrested in December 2012 but later admitted a string of offences when the case came to court 12 months later. He was not in court for the appeal proceedings and Sally O'Neill QC, representing him, argued his sentence was too high. She said that while his offences were very serious, they were "not the worst that can happen."
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