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Details Of Prison Killing: Prosecutors outline Ian Watkins attack; UK inmates face murder charge

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Rico Gedel allegedly stabbed former Welsh singer Ian Watkins to death in HMP Wakefield with a homemade blade, boasting about his "fame" afterward. Prosecutors claim Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth planned the attack, with CCTV showing Gedel entering Watkins' cell shortly before the stabbing. Watkins, serving time for child sex offenses, had faced prior threats.

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