Overview

• West Yorkshire Police said Ian Watkins, 48, was pronounced dead after being seriously assaulted at HMP Wakefield on Saturday.
• Fellow inmates Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, have been charged with murder, police confirmed.
• Gedel and Dodsworth appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court with no pleas entered and no bail application, and they are due at Leeds Crown Court today.
• Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby, following his 2013 sentencing after 2012 charges.
• Former inmates and staff quoted in reporting say Watkins was frequently targeted, and they describe Wakefield as a volatile, understaffed Category A prison housing more than 600 offenders.