NME is reporting that the Twitter account of ex-Lostprophets singer has become active again, despite the convicted paedophile being in jail since December 2013.
Watkins was sentenced to 29 years, plus six years on license, following a series of serious child sex offences. Watkins also later lost his appeal to reduce his jail time, with judges ruling that the “shocking depravity” of the crimes justified the sentence’s length.
Recently there had been speculation that Watkins had been moved to HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, but on November 21 Watkins’ verified Twitter account posted it’s first tweets since December 2012. All three tweets contained Soundcloud links, including two tracks uploaded by Watkins’ side project L’Amour La Morgue, as well as a more recent upload by an account named Megalelz, clearly taking influence from Watkins’ previously famous catchphrase ‘Mega Lolz’.
Favorited SIKH BEAT BRUH by @MEGALELZ https://t.co/4wzuZYUFHx on #SoundCloud
— ian watkins (@ian_watkins) November 21, 2016
Favorited MIX TAPE VOL. 1 by lamourlamorgue https://t.co/dQ5OVccqfn on #SoundCloud
— ian watkins (@ian_watkins) November 21, 2016
New! SEQUENCE INITIATED https://t.co/uGCu53LOou on #SoundCloud
— ian watkins (@ian_watkins) November 21, 2016
Team Rock also reports that Lostprophets’ official website was updated yesterday. This is also odd, because Watkins’ former bandmates now perform with Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley in the band No Devotion.
Upon Watkins’ initial arrest in 2012, guitarist Lee Gaze told BBC Newsbeat that none of the band’s members knew anything about the crimes being committed.“How could you know? How would you know? […]Who would disclose such a thing to five people, who between them have eight children? You just wouldn’t because they would be killed on the spot.” Gaze also claimed that the band were not on good terms at the time of the arrest, and would have broken up regardless of Watkins’ arrest.
