A warped fan who gave Ian Watkins her baby to sexually abuse and rape has a parole hearing where she could soon be freed, we can reveal.
The woman was jailed for 17 years in 2013 for handing her child to the paedophile Lostprophets frontman to abuse and use to take indecent photos.
Watkins, 48, pleaded guilty to attempting to rape the baby girl of the fan, referred to in court as ‘Woman B’.
Then aged 36, the twisted singer, from Pontypridd, South Wales, was sentenced to 29 years in jail for 13 child sex offences.
He was murdered on Saturday in HMP Wakefield, also known as ‘Monster Mansions’, having apparently had his throat slit when inmates were allowed out of their cells at 9am.
Two inmates have been charged with murdering him. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, appeared before magistrates on Monday morning.
At their trial, Woman B admitted sex offences alongside another fan, known as ‘Woman A’.
During sentencing, Mr Justice Royce said Woman B did not regard her child as a human being.
We can reveal that she was freed at the automatic release point of her sentence in June 2021 – but her licence was revoked, and she was recalled to custody the following September.
She had been lying about her relationships and there was concern about ‘other behaviour.’
Details of her recall to prison emerged during a parole hearing in November 2023 to consider whether she could be freed from prison for a second time.
A written summary stated: ‘Her licence was revoked, and she was recalled to custody on September 3, 2021 after she continually failed to disclose essential information to her probation officer.
‘Given the circumstances, the panel found the decision to recall her to custody at this time had been appropriate.’
The review outlined her background at the time of her conviction: ‘At the time of her offending, these risk factors had included experiencing low self-esteem and being prepared to offend for the approval of others.
‘She had been too easily influenced and manipulated by another person. She had felt lonely and had been unable to successfully maintain relationships. Nor had she thought sufficiently about the impact of her actions on her victim.
‘She had to manage aspects of her personality and there had been concerns about her emotional wellbeing.
‘Any deeper understanding of her motives and needs awaited her participation in training or treatment initiatives directly relevant to her offending.’
In the summary, the Parole Board decided she was not safe to be freed.
It stated: ‘The panel was not satisfied that re-release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public.’
The panel heard she had behaved well in prison since being recalled and had taken some occupational training.
But, it revealed she had refused to take any treatments to help her understand her appalling sex offences.
Her probation officer proposed strict restrictions if she was released, including approved accommodation and more training.
But the panel concluded: ‘This plan was not robust enough to manage [Woman B] in the community at this stage.’
It added: ‘Given that key areas remained to be addressed, the panel considered that [Woman B] was appropriately located in custody where outstanding levels of risk could be contained.
‘She will be eligible for another parole review in due course.’
It continued: ‘There had been no substantive change since she appeared before a panel of the Parole Board in October 2022.
‘On that basis, the panel had decided to complete the present review on the papers without hearing oral evidence.’
Watkins admitted the attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but pleaded not guilty to rape.
He also admitted conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.
During sentencing, Mr Justice Royce said the case ‘plunged into new depths of depravity’.
In 2014, he was refused the right to appeal against his sentence.
In August 2023, Watkins survived a knife attack in the neck after being taken hostage by three lags at Wakefield jail, West Yorkshire.
The sex offender’s throat was allegedly cut by a fellow inmate after prisoners came out of their cells on Saturday October.
A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: ‘We can confirm the parole review of (Woman B) has been referred to the Parole Board by the Secretary of State for Justice and is following standard processes.
‘Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
‘A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims.
‘Members read and digest hundreds of pages of evidence and reports in the lead up to an oral hearing.
‘Evidence from witnesses such as probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison as well as victim personal statements may be given at the hearing.
‘It is standard for the prisoner and witnesses to be questioned at length during the hearing which often lasts a full day or more. Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.’
