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Twisted fans of paedophile rock star Ian Watkins are snapping up his "megalolz" T-shirts, days after it was revealed he used the phrase to belittle his horrific child sex crimes.

Watkins, who used "megalolz" as his catchphrase, was handed a 35 year sentence this week after admitting 13 shocking offences including the attempted rape of a baby.

The court heard during sentencing that the former Lostprophets frontman had spoken to a friend from jail after his guilty pleas, and said: "I am going to put a statement out just to say it was megalolz.

"I don't know what everyone is getting so freaked out about."

The singer made the phrase famous by selling T-shirts with the slang term, which means "laugh out loud", and they have now started selling out on rock clothing websites.

The T-shirts were sold out on clothing website Amazon this week - after going on sale just months before his arrest in December last year.

There was only one "MEGALOLZ!!!" t-shirt left on online auction website Ebay - selling for £15.20.

And the T-shirts were sold out of all sizes except extra large on leading online rock merchandise website Grindstore.

Watkins, who studied graphic design before becoming famous, designed the T-shirts as well as all the artwork and merchandise for his rock band.

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He launched his own clothing line called Made In Hell in 2008.

At the time he said: "Over the years, I've been approached by various people and companies about starting my own clothing line, and I've always said: "No". "Do we really need another guy in a band selling crap t-shirts just to pump up his ego? It seemed a bit cliche.

"But I used to be a graphic designer and still do all the artwork for the band - album covers, single covers, merch, website and logos.

"So I had an idea. What if I did something with my designs to make these shirts more than just shirts - make them actual, special works of art."

After Watkins was arrested, his Made in Hell clothing company began selling "Not Guilty" T-shirts to loyal fans of the paedophile rock singer.

It sold out with fans saying they were going to wear the T-shirt to support the singer at his trial.

But he pleaded guilty on what was due to be the first day of his trial in November.