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Jury discharged in Ian Watkins prison murder trial
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- Alex Moss Yorkshire South Wales Police Watkins, from Pontypridd, was jailed for 29 years in December 2013The jury in the trial of two inmates accused of killing paedophile Ian Watkins in prison has been discharged.
- The former Lostprophets frontman was stabbed to death with a makeshift knife in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefield on 11 October last year.
- Serving prisoners Rico Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 44, denied murdering Watkins and possessing a knife in prison.
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Alex Moss Yorkshire South Wales Police Watkins, from Pontypridd, was jailed for 29 years in December 2013The jury in the trial of two inmates accused of killing paedophile Ian Watkins in prison has been discharged.
The former Lostprophets frontman was stabbed to death with a makeshift knife in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefield on 11 October last year.
Serving prisoners Rico Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 44, denied murdering Watkins and possessing a knife in prison. Both are due to be re-tried.
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