Horrifying pictures of paedophile Ian Watkins show day he visited hospital to meet young patients



Ian Watkins, 36, was children's 'ambassador' for Kidney Wales Foundation



Images show him smiling with sick children at a hospital in Cardiff

He had already committed sex crimes at the time the pictures were taken

Photographs have led to comparisons between Watkins and Jimmy Savile



Singer has admitted attempting to rape a baby and plotting to rape another

The two mothers who helped him, Woman A and Woman B, pleaded guilty

Watkins remanded in custody and they will all be sentenced in December



He had an on-off relationship with former prostitute Joanne Majic, 38



She says Watkins told her his fantasy was to have sex with a child

Ms Majic then went to police in 2008 but says they refused to investigate



'There's hundreds of victims. You're never going to find them because the mothers are in on it,' she said



Detective sergeant being probed after allegedly failing to act in Watkins case

Disturbing: Former lead singer of the Lostprophets and convicted paedophile Ian Watkins pictured in 2008 cuddling a sick child at a hospital in Wales

Shocking images have emerged of paedophile rockstar Ian Watkins visiting sick children in a hospital.



The Lostprophets singer , 36, went to see children at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff as part of his role as 'ambassador for young people' for the Kidney Wales Foundation.

He was even greeted by the then Labour Health Minister Edwina Hart on the visit which was part of a campaign for more people to donate organs.

Now photographs have emerged of the visit showing the paedophile smiling as he went to see boys and girls on their sick beds - leading to startling comparisons between him and convicted paedophile Jimmy Savile.



At the time these images were taken, Watkins had already undertaken a string of sex offences which would lead to him attempting to rape an 11-month-old baby boy.

Speaking at the time of the hospital visit in 2008, he said: 'I had a great time meeting all the kids at the hospital.

'Lots of the children are waiting for a kidney transplant, but there's a desperate shortage of donors.

'That's why we need more people to join the Organ Donor Register and help save

a life one day.'

Lostprophets even headlined a special one-off concert on New Year's Eve where he urged fans to sign the NHS Organ Donor Register.

He added: 'I'm really proud to be the charity's new ambassador for young people and will be working with them on the Donate Wales campaign.

'We can continue to get more young people to sign-up.'

Watkins has now been stripped from his title by the charity after he admitted attempting to rape a fan's 11-month-old baby son along with 10 other child sex offences.

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Hospital visit: Ian Watkins, pictured at the University Hospital of Wales with his mother Elaine, was an 'ambassador for young people' for the Kidney Wales Foundation

Message: Watkins visited ill children at Cardiff's University Heath hospital as part of his charity duties

Shocking revelations: Ian Watkins had already committed a string of sexual offences at the time these images were taken at the hospital in 2008

Ian Watkins and his mother Elaine talk to the mother of one of the children being treated in hospital

Kidney Wales has expressed its shock at the revelations.



A spokesman said: 'The charity is appalled and stunned at the events involving Ian Watkins.



'Until his arrest the charity was never made aware of activities to which he was charged or any other activities which are now being investigated.'

Watkins got involved with the charity in 2008 because of his mother Elaine's on-going health problems.



She had a kidney transplant two years ago and her condition is said to have been worsened by the revelations of Watkins sick child sex crimes.

Past: Paedophile Ian Watkins was 'ambassador for young people' for the Kidney Wales Foundation in 2008

The shocking images emerged as a former prostitute girlfriend of the singer said he abused hundreds of young fans who are helping to hide the true extent of his prolific child abuse.

Joanna Majic, 38, had a two year on-off relationship with the rock star from 2006, but dumped him when he told her his sexual fantasies revolved around child abuse.

The singer, a former boyfriend of BBC presenter Fearne Cotton and model Alexa Chung, also admitted he used his Lostprophets fame to turn young girls into ‘Superfans’ willing to allow him to abuse their children.

'I've always said to the police, there's hundreds of victims out there and you're never going to find them because the mothers are in on it,' Miss Majic said today.

She also says she warned police about the singer's depraved nature four years ago after he told her he wanted to have sex with a child, but says they refused to investigate it.

Yesterday Watkins was described as a 'determined and committed paedophile' after he admitted attempting to rape a fan's 11-month-old baby son along with 10 other child sex offences.

Asked how she felt about his the outcome, she said: 'I don't feel happy about it. I don't feel vindicated. I'm just devastated that it took so long'.

Miss Majic says Watkins, 36, wanted her to help him find a victim, so she went to South Wales Police but she claims they refused to investigate.

'Everything changed for us when he confided in me that he wanted to abuse children in 2008,' she told the Daily Mirror.



'I went straight to South Wales Police then and made a complaint but they ignored me and said I needed evidence.

Popular: Ian Watkins pictured signing the T-shirt of a fan at the hospital in his role as 'ambassador for young people' for the Kidney Wales Foundation

Campaign: Ian Watkins got involved with the Kidney Wales Foundation because of his mother's kidney problems

Warnings: Joanna Majic, 38, pictured, said today that she had gone to police about Ian Watkins after he told her he wanted to have sex with children

High profile: At the height of his fame Ian Watkins had relationships with Alexa Chung, left in 2007 and Fearne Cotton, pictured together in 2008 after they had split. The Radio 1 star is on holiday this week



'I warned them this man was a danger to young kids but I think they thought I was just a trouble maker.

'Every time I went to the police he was getting off on the fact that I was made to look an idiot.'



She said when police took no action against Watkins she contacted him and apologised on the assumption that her child abuse allegations had been wrong.



Her intermittent contact with Watkins, however, would quickly prove that her worst fears had been true.

Menace: Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins face jail for a string of child sex offences, and seduced fans to get to their children, it was claimed today

On one occasion Watkins showed her a horrific video on his laptop which was so unpleasant she threw him out of her room.



On another he sent her a picture of a little girl taken in his room who was holding a towel which had her picture printed on it.



'On that picture towel was a razor blade and a line of what appeared to be coke (cocaine). She had a rolled-up note.'



One year ago she went to the police again only to learn that he had now been arrested.



'They said 'Joanna we've already arrested Ian,' and I just said 'You're four years too late,' because if they'd have done something in 2008 he never would have done anything.'

At Cardiff Crown Court yesterday Watkins pleaded guilty to attempting to rape the 11-month-old baby of a fan 'Woman A' and conspiring to rape the baby daughter of another fan 'Woman B'.

The two fans, both in their twenties and from different parts of England, are also facing jail after admitting their role in the sex offences on their own children.



Cardiff Crown Court heard Watkins was videoed committing the depraved acts and was 'clearly identifiable' because of his many tattoos and his voice.



But Watkins claimed not to remember doing it because he was a 'heavy user' of class A drugs including Crystal Meth at the time.



Watkins spoke only to enter his pleas as he admitted attempting to rape the baby.

Upset: Miss Majic says the scale of Watkins' abuse is being hidden by fans who were complicit in allowing him attack children, she claims

The singer, dressed in a three-piece dark blue suit, also admitted sexually assaulting the baby by touching him.

A laptop seized from Watkins's home was password protected and was later sent to GCHQ to have it 'cracked.'



Experts found the password was an obscene reference to child abuse and contained a cache of extreme pornography.

A detective sergeant is under investigation after being accused of failing to act on information of child sex crimes by Watkins.



Further accusations have emerged that the singer was reported for sexual indecency to police before he attempted to rape an 11-month-old baby boy.



South Wales Police are accused of failing to 'take appropriate and timely action' after getting the information from other fans of the band.



The investigation centres on the detective sergeant - who is understood to have worked in child protection services in Watkins home town of Pontypridd, South Wales.

Famous: Rock star Watkins approached fans via the Lostprophets website before meeting young girls for sex

The sergeant, formerly based in the regional command HQ in Pontypridd, is currently being probed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

South Wales Police allegedly received information from four different police forces across Britain about Watkins.



The detective sergeant is also accused of not acting on a separate alleged crime in March 2012 of the alleged rape of a girl.



One fan said: 'There was stuff about Watkins for years on fans websites. The police should have acted a lot, lot sooner.



'People who knew Watkins could see he was getting deeper and darker. He should have been stopped earlier.'

IPCC Commissioner for Wales Tom Davies said: 'We received a referral from South Wales Police on January 25, 2013, relating to Ian Watkins.

Depraved: The rock star had denied the crimes but police realised it was him because of his distinctive tattoos and his voice

'Following a thorough assessment I have decided that we will carry out an independent investigation.



'Our investigation will determine whether or not South Wales Police failed to take appropriate and timely action in relation to information they were in receipt of in advance of Mr Watkins subsequent arrest.'



Mr Davies added: 'The referral from the force was into the alleged inaction of one officer, who is also being investigated in a separate case over similar allegations.'



A South Wales Police spokesman said: 'The investigation is in the IPCC's hands.'



Female fans also warned of singer's child porn obsession



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The police face serious questions over why they failed to act sooner to stop the Lostprophets singer after it emerged fans had also warned for nearly four years that he was obsessed with child porn.

From early 2010 horrified fans who had become friends with Watkins went online to beg for help after discovering vile images on his computer.

Friends claim they called police to tell them the 36-year-old was a paedophile but officers did nothing, allowing him to go on to subject babies to the most horrific abuse.

A disturbing child porn profile created in that time by Watkins was viewed by more than 40,000 people on the internet and yet appears never to have been monitored by authorities.

Prosecution: Cardiff Crown Court heard that Watkins was 'a determined and committed paedophile engaged in serious sex offences involving of two babies'

In one post, written before his arrest, a fan wrote: ‘His on-off girlfriend reported him to police twice for being a paedophile.

‘He sent pornographic pictures of a little girl to a few girls telling them it was a five-year-old girl he’d raped. He also watches child porn constantly. Sick sick man.’



Watkins allegedly boasted to obsessed female fans that he had HIV and was on a mission to pass it on to children.



One fan added: ‘A girl found info on his computer on how to drug children. He told her he was thinking of giving kids drugs. He does need to be arrested before he infects anyone else.’



Watkins was only stopped late last year after South Wales Police raided his home on a drugs tip and stumbled upon his hard drives containing images, videos and conversations about him attacking children.

Yesterday police said he had taken vile pictures of children for as long as five years and may have many other victims across the world.

In August 2010 one fan wrote online that he had been grooming underage girls online.

Guilty: Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, in the dock at Cardiff Crown Court, admitted a string of child sex offences after a last minute plea change

Five months later, Watkins created a vile online profile, uploading 27 images of himself involved in depraved sex acts. The images were viewed more than 43,000 times.

He had also openly subscribed to groups on the site which contained images of child abuse.

Last night South Wales Police did not respond to questions about why they did not act sooner.



They vowed, however, to keep investigating in case there are more victims.

