The 48-year-old Ian Watkins was brutally murdered while serving a 35-year sentence for a string of child sex offences before he was 'killed in the most brutal way possible'

incredible day today. surprised he lasted this long

  • FoxyFerengi@startrek.websiteEnglish
    443·
    2 days ago

    he was 'killed in the most brutal way possible

    He was reportedly housed on a wing alongside murderers, killers, rapists and paedophiles, whom he (Watkins) branded “the worst of the worst”

    It’s fucked up how hard the article goes into trying to garner sympathy for this guy. His crimes are horrific, and he was in that wing because he is the worst of the worst

    • BigBananaDealer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      141·
      2 days ago

      i dont see it as garnering sympathy i see it as justice being done. everybody wanted to see this finally happen. I’m glad he died in the most brutal way possible. he deserved it

  • Gerudo@lemmy.zipEnglish
    201·
    2 days ago

    Loved that band back in the day.

    Haven’t listened since his arrest. Rest in piss you sack of shit.

    • GladiusB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      22 hours ago

      Same. Really pisses me off of how bad it was too. Opened my eyes to celebrities being human.

    • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I wasn’t into them, they had a style that wasn’t my thing for some reason I forget, however two things were crazy about that time:\

      1. Understandably the band was insanely popular, with their band logo graffiti’d practically everywhere, people wearing their shirts, etc.\
      2. How quickly everything got taken down.

      It was like the verdict came out, and within a week there was absolutely no sign of the band existing.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    I thought they normally put child abusers in a separate part of the prison, specifically because this is common?

    • BigBananaDealer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      im pretty sure he was already there. this might have been another drug dispute. wouldnt be the first time he was stabbed in prison over it either 😂

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
    81·
    2 days ago

    Just got banned (again) from the red site for simply saying “good” under one of these posts. Reddit actively loves pædos.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Might be a community specific thing. I mass deleted everything, but the comment was under tiltokcringe which I bigger sub probably had some of his fan girls/guys in there.