Overview
- Jurors at Leeds Crown Court viewed CCTV on Friday that shows Ian Watkins stumbling from his HMP Wakefield cell clutching his neck moments after the stabbing.
- Prosecutors say Rico Gedel entered the cell at about 9:19 a.m. and inflicted three wounds with a homemade blade during a 20‑second attack, while Gedel plans a loss‑of‑self‑control defense and Samuel Dodsworth denies prior knowledge.
- The Crown says Dodsworth acted as a lookout and later hid the weapon in a bin, and officers recovered a bloodied improvised knife from that bin.
- Prison staff and medics tried to save Watkins, who went into cardiac arrest on the landing and was pronounced dead at 10:14 a.m.
- Evidence included alleged taunts from Gedel about being “famous” and notes that threatened Watkins the day before, which focus attention on how prisons safeguard high‑profile sex offenders.