Overview

• West Yorkshire Police named Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, as the defendants and said they will appear at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
• Officers were called to HMP Wakefield at 9:39 a.m. on Saturday after a reported assault, and Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are leading the investigation, and the Prison Service said it cannot comment while police inquiries continue.
• Multiple outlets reported he was stabbed by another inmate, though police have not confirmed the specific manner of the attack.
• Watkins, 48, previously suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a 2023 incident at the same prison, where he was reportedly held hostage by fellow inmates.