Drill rapper charged with prison murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins
UK drill rapper BroadayYay has been charged with killing Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins. The 25-year-old (real name Rashid Gedel) and 43-year-old Samuel Dodsworth have been accused of murdering the convicted paedophile.
Watkins was fatally stabbed in Wakefield Prison on the morning of October 11th. Gedel and Dodsworth appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on October 13th and will appear at Leeds Crown Court on October 14th.
According to the BBC, 48-year-old Watkins was jailed in 2013 and sentenced to 29 years for 13 child sex offences. He faced a further six years on licence if he was ever released.
The charges included attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13, sexual assault involving children, possession of indecent images of children, and possession of an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.
His band, Lostprophets, were founded in Wales in 1997 and released five albums, with 2006’s Liberation Transmission topping the UK Albums Chart.
Gedel was handed a life sentence in August 2023 for his involvement in the death of 22-year-old Sven Badzak in February 2021. He was found guilty of murder and wounding with intent.
Sky News reported that Badzak and a 16-year-old were walking back from Waitrose when the incident occurred in Kilburn. Badzak was stabbed repeatedly, while the teenager managed to escape to a nearby supermarket for help.
Prosecutor Anthony Orchard KC stated the two targeted men were “unfortunate victims of mistaken identity.”
Gedel and Shiroh Ambersley were sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years, while being acquitted of attempted murder of the teenager.
BroadayYay is best known for songs like ‘Out Till Late’ and ‘Bluwoo from Early’, which each have 155,000 and 111,000 views on YouTube. He is part of the SSK collective.