Lostprophets Singer Facing Child Sex Charges

Ascendancy · 19 Dec 2012 at 08:56

The lead singer of Welsh rock group Lostprophets has been charged with sexual offences against children.

Ian Watkins, 35, of Pontypridd, will appear before Cardiff magistrates on Wednesday.

He is charged with conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a female under 13 and possession/distribution of indecent images of children.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20779665

Uh oh.

Didn't see this coming at all. I'm not a fan of the band but I've met this guy before and he seemed like a nice guy

Amnesia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:01

lost prophets
i was going to make a religious joke but i best not.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:01

Are you a 13 year old female?

CosmicClown · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:01

''conspiracy to engage in sexual activity''

Bit vague, for all we know a police officer might of thought 'He looks like a nonce, lets nick him'.

zakblood · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:01

should loose all earnings for life or just be castrated by the mothers, they tend to not do it again then, prison won't help, might just make him like boys as well.

Amnesia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:04

zakblood said:
should lose all earnings for life or just be castrated by the mothers, they tend to not do it again then, prison won't help, might just make him like boys as well.

wow all that and he didnt even touch the kid

Cosimo · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:04

[FnG]magnolia;23391650 said:
Are you a 13 year old female?

"Why didn't you tell me that you were thirteen?"

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:06

zakblood said:
should loose all earnings for life or just be castrated by the mothers, they tend to not do it again then, prison won't help, might just make him like boys as well.

I see we're still attracting the higher calibre internet traffic.

BoonMonkey · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:07

Sucks if this turns out to be true. I'm a fan of the band, but won't be a fan of his if proven guilty.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:08

BoonMonkey said:
Sucks if this turns out to be true. I'm a fan of the band, but won't be a fan of his if proven guilty.

But you'd still be a fan of the music, wouldn't you? That hasn't changed.

BoonMonkey · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:09

[FnG]magnolia;23391691 said:
But you'd still be a fan of the music, wouldn't you? That hasn't changed.

Of course, this doesn't affect the music at all! But it just gives me a lesser opinion of him.

Hence why I said I wouldn't be a fan of his.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:10

I understood the differentiation but you hadn't said anything about the music which is, after all, why they're (not very) famous

joelk2 · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:13

He's a bit of a nob to be fair anyways, bumped into him a few times and he's a rather rude individual. i know he might be a so called celeb or whatever and have more important things to do with his time but manners are free.

Amnesia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:17

joelk2 said:
He's a bit of a nob to be fair anyways, bumped into him a few times and he's a rather rude individual.

What a vile human being making people bump into his nob.

Edrof · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:18

^That's what might have got him into this problem in the first place.

zakblood said:
should loose all earnings for life or just be castrated by the mothers, they tend to not do it again then, prison won't help, might just make him like boys as well.

Why don't you make some threads about you and your opinions in general? We need more erudite fellows like you on the boards, I can tell you!

Cosimo · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:22

Amnesia said:
What a vile human being making people bump into his nob.

Bump sex?

Freakbro · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:22

Edrof said:
Why don't you make some threads about you and your opinions in general? We need more erudite fellows like you on the boards, I can tell you!

Don't even jest! :eek:

You know sarcasm doesn't come over very well, he might think you are being serious!

In other news....I'm just waiting for the Patrick Moore child sex claim to emerge now he is dead..

BoonMonkey · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:24

Freakbro said:
Don't even jest!

You know sarcasm doesn't come over very well, he might think you are being serious!

In other news....I'm just waiting for the Patrick Moore child sex claim to emerge now he is dead..

No matter who you are, where you're from, what you've done in your life... As long as you are male and dead, you're a paedophile.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:28

Apart from the one who are alive.

e : why are the forums being particularly dense this evening? Did I miss something?

BoonMonkey · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:28

[FnG]magnolia;23391809 said:
Apart from the one who are alive.

e : why are the forums being particularly dense this evening? Did I miss something?

But when they die they will still be paedophiles... just dead ones and then fit into the demographic.

You missed the fact it's the morning in the UK.