who was defending him?I can't believe there was a defense force for this guy on the first couple pages of this thread.
He deserves to die.
Sentencing remarks. You probably don't want to read them.
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-watkins-and-others.pdf
I can't believe there was a defense force for this guy on the first couple pages of this thread.
He deserves to die.
On November 27, the day after he admitted he was a paedophile, he said of the court hearing: "It was, like, either me go up there and say 'Come on, it wasn't that bad, nobody got hurt', I do my charm. Or do I end up making things worse for myself? Or do I just say I was off my head and can't remember?"
Discussing his possible sentence, he added: "I'm going to put a statement on [December] 18th now just to say it was megalolz, I don't know what everyone is getting so freaked out about."
I don't really understand the reduced time for pleading guilty. I mean, it just gives real assholes like this an immediate out.
he's obviously screwed and he knows he did it so admit guilt and 'bam' reduced time in jail.
Please feel free to show us some quotes from anyone "defending" this person in this topic. No one is defending Ian Watkins or the women, there is not a single post in this topic defending what this person and his cohorts have done. Everyone has quite rightly stated they find his crimes horrific and unimaginable.
There are people however that are completely opposed to the death penalty NO MATTER how heinous the crime is. I am one of those people, I don't believe having society sanctioned vengeance is good for society as a whole.
Now does this make me a "defender of Ian Watkins" ? No I find the guy reprehensible and his crimes are absolutely disgusting but that does not mean I want the state to start murdering people. I want Ian Watkins locked away for a very long time, I want the public to be safe from Ian Watkins. That is the right and proper thing to do if we are supposed to be a civilised society.
I don't really understand the reduced time for pleading guilty. I mean, it just gives real assholes like this an immediate out.
Famous, and a paedophile in prison? He'll either be taken care of or murdered very fast.
Famous, and a child rapist in prison? He'll either be taken care of or murdered very fast.
Are UK prisons dangerous in this way, though? Do people get shanked and stuff there?
Are UK prisons dangerous in this way, though? Do people get shanked and stuff there?
Yes. The guy that killed April Jones has already been slashed in prison. As has Ian Huntley (another child murderer)
Its rare they end up dead though.
Telegraph said:A convicted robber who slashed the Soham child killer Ian Huntley across the throat with a makeshift knife immediately asked a prison officer: Is he dead? I hope so.
Eleven months later the same man, Damien Fowkes, 35, succeeded in killing another child killer at the new prison to which he had been transferred.
His victim, Colin Hatch, was strangled with strips of bedding after being held captive in a cell.
At one point his killer told the prison officers outside: Hes a nonce. He doesnt deserve to live.
Well he killed one: A convicted robber who slashed the Soham child killer Ian Huntley across the throat with a makeshift knife immediately asked a prison officer: Is he dead? I hope so.
Eleven months later the same man, Damien Fowkes, 35, succeeded in killing another child killer at the new prison to which he had been transferred.
His victim, Colin Hatch, was strangled with strips of bedding after being held captive in a cell.
At one point his killer told the prison officers outside: Hes a nonce. He doesnt deserve to live.
I can't believe there was a defense force for this guy on the first couple pages of this thread.
He deserves to die.
I never knew what 'nonce' meant. I just though calling someone a nonce was like calling them a 'dummy' or a 'dingbat' or something. I should probably apologise to some people.
I can't believe there was a defense force for this guy on the first couple pages of this thread.
He deserves to die.
Damn sounds like Dexter.
What if a person commits a crime, just to go to prison to administer vigilante justice?
I can't believe you can't comprehend simple sentences!
Let's be in disbelief together!
Sentencing remarks. You probably don't want to read them.
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-watkins-and-others.pdf
BBC News said:Former Steps member Ian 'H' Watkins has received a public apology after his photo was used on a website reporting on the Ian Watkins abuse case.
E! Entertainment Television apologised for using a picture of the pop star to illustrate a story about Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins on E! Online.
I never knew what 'nonce' meant. I just though calling someone a nonce was like calling them a 'dummy' or a 'dingbat' or something. I should probably apologise to some people.
I can't believe there was a defense force for this guy on the first couple pages of this thread.
He deserves to die.
As a side line to this :-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25447856
I can't say I blame H from Steps doing this, not particularly something you want to be associated with. To be honest E! Entertainment should be heavily sanctioned for such a blatantly moronic mistake.
Are UK prisons dangerous in this way, though? Do people get shanked and stuff there?
Can I not be in favor of the government killing him but still hope someone kills him?
i think apoc87 was refering to this post/the post of orignalthinking: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94013689&postcount=107
What happened to this dude as a kid? I don't think you go to the extremes he went to without having been abused as a kid. Maybe you do, but the court documents are among the worst things I've ever read in my life.
Maybe he was born this way...it's a psychological illness...
I will vote for any government that wants to bring back the noose.
Do I think Ian Watkins should be hanged? No but I do think he should be permanently chemically castrated just like all other pedos.
However I do think Adebolajo and Adebowale who killed Lee Rigby should already be hanging from a noose, instead tax payer money will be spent on on keeping them safe while they will be free to continue there to spread there vile hate in prison, fucking yay to the UK.
There's a code that even inmates follow... He will get his for sure in gen pop, unless he decides to stay in solitary confinement for those 35 years...
The jury listened in silence as the extract of the tape was read as Mjadzelics talked to Watkins talked about abusing her "as soon as she is born" and "when we change her nappy".
She told Watkins she wanted to grab a three-year-old off the street and tie it to her bed for them to rape
She signed off one message with the phrase: "Child molesters till we die."
Seems like his girlfriend was just as bad:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11325658/Ian-Watkins-child-abuse-girlfriend-of-Lost-Prophets-star-shared-his-fantasies.html
Absolutely disgusting.