Men who 'tortured' paedophile rocker Ian Watkins 'during six-hour hostage ordeal over guitar lessons' were 'killers who recently arrived at the prison': Ex who blew the whistle on Lostprophets star 'c

The men who 'tortured' Ian Watkins did so in a six-hour hostage ordeal amid a row over the paedophile rocker giving other inmates guitar lessons, it has been claimed. The former Lostprophets singer is believed to be in a critical condition in hospital after three prisoners at HMP Wakefield, where he is serving a 35-year prison sentence, attacked him on Saturday morning. Ian Watkins, pictured here in his police mugshot, was attacked by inmates at HMP Wakefield on Saturday His ex-girlfriend Joanne Mjadzelics, pictured here at Cardiff Crown Court in 2015, says she was 'surprised' it had taken him so long to be attacked behind bars Watkins was jailed for 35 years in 2013 for 13 offences against children, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. The former Lostprophets singer, pictured here performing at V Music Festival in 2011, was jailed for 35 years in 2013 for multiple sexual offences against children as young as one Watkins, pictured here performing in Budapest in 2011, is believed to be in a critical condition in hospital after the attack Members of Lostprophets Lee Gaze, Stuart Richardson, Mike Lewis, Ian Watkins and Luke Johnson.