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A fan of Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins appears to have had the paedophile's MUGSHOT tattooed on his leg.

The sick image - posted on social media site Reddit today - seemingly shows the vile child rapist's face and the phrase 'mega lolz'.

That was the term Watkins used to describe his evil crimes the day after he admitted a string of child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby.

The 36-year-old - jailed for 35 years yesterday - phoned a friend from prison and said: "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?"

"I'm going to put out a statement on the 18th now (the day of his sentencing) just to say it was mega lolz, I don't know what everyone is getting so freaked out about."

(Image: PA)

Lolz stands for "laugh out loud", and the phrase "mega lolz" was used by the Lostprophets on some of their t-shirts.

The group also performed in front of a back-drop saying MEGA LOLZ! on the main stage of the Reading Festival in 2010.

The user posted the image on to the 'cringe pics' section of Reddit - a place for images that 'embarrassment and shame just by looking at them'.

They claimed it was a 'friend of a friend' who had got the tattoo done.

Other users commented on the "utter stupidity" of the inking, while one called for the person to be "named and shamed".