Overview
- Testifying in court, Rico Gedel told jurors he stabbed and slashed Ian Watkins in his cell and said, “This is what paedophiles deserve.”
- Body‑worn camera footage shown Monday captured Gedel saying “have a good night’s sleep, Watkins lad” as officers treated the wounded singer.
- A Home Office pathologist said a deep cut severed Watkins’ left internal jugular vein and caused fatal external blood loss.
- Prosecutors describe a makeshift weapon built from a Stanley blade taped to plastic cutlery that was passed on and later found in a bin.
- Co‑defendant Samuel Dodsworth denies any plot, says he was “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” and says he panicked before throwing the blade away, as jurors also heard Watkins had received menacing notes the day before.