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| Convicted paedophile Ian Watkins told fan: 'It was mega lolz' | Convicted paedophile Ian Watkins told fan: 'It was mega lolz' |
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| Paedophile rock star Ian Watkins spoke with a female fan from prison the day after admitting two counts of attempted baby rape and said he was going to issue a statement when he was sentenced saying it had all been "mega lolz". | Paedophile rock star Ian Watkins spoke with a female fan from prison the day after admitting two counts of attempted baby rape and said he was going to issue a statement when he was sentenced saying it had all been "mega lolz". |
| A transcript of the conversation was read out to a shocked and silent Cardiff crown court on Wednesday as the former Lostprophets frontman was being sentenced . | A transcript of the conversation was read out to a shocked and silent Cardiff crown court on Wednesday as the former Lostprophets frontman was being sentenced . |
| Christopher Clee QC, prosecuting, told the judge that Watkins had a conversation from Park Prison with a woman named Samantha on 27 November. | Christopher Clee QC, prosecuting, told the judge that Watkins had a conversation from Park Prison with a woman named Samantha on 27 November. |
| Watkins denied being a paedophile and expressed exasperation at the way people had reacted to his guilty pleas. | Watkins denied being a paedophile and expressed exasperation at the way people had reacted to his guilty pleas. |
| Using text-speak, he said: "I'm going to put out a statement on the 18th just to say it was mega lolz. | Using text-speak, he said: "I'm going to put out a statement on the 18th just to say it was mega lolz. |
| "I do not know what everybody is getting so freaked out about." | "I do not know what everybody is getting so freaked out about." |
| Watkins explains in the conversation that he was faced with a choice before pleading guilty. | Watkins explains in the conversation that he was faced with a choice before pleading guilty. |
| "It was like either I go up there and say 'come on it was not that bad, nobody got hurt'." | "It was like either I go up there and say 'come on it was not that bad, nobody got hurt'." |
| He said it was either that or "try to win them over with my charm" and end up saying, "I was off my head and do not remember anything". | He said it was either that or "try to win them over with my charm" and end up saying, "I was off my head and do not remember anything". |
| Clee said that in a second conversation with the same woman the following day he claimed a lot of what he had said in online conversations was "bullshit chat that I did to shock when I was off my head". | |
| He insisted that no baby was ever harmed and said he was "going to release a statement and stuff". | He insisted that no baby was ever harmed and said he was "going to release a statement and stuff". |
| Told by the woman that what he had planned to say might not be a good idea, he agreed, saying: "It is just lol now." | Told by the woman that what he had planned to say might not be a good idea, he agreed, saying: "It is just lol now." |
| The phrase "mega lolz" was used by the Lostprophets on some of their T-shirts. The group also performed in front of a backdrop saying MEGA LOLZ! on the main stage of the Reading Festival in 2010. | The phrase "mega lolz" was used by the Lostprophets on some of their T-shirts. The group also performed in front of a backdrop saying MEGA LOLZ! on the main stage of the Reading Festival in 2010. |
| Clee also detailed for the court the specific images found on the singer's computers. | Clee also detailed for the court the specific images found on the singer's computers. |
| Of a total of 90 child abuse images, 24 fell in to the most severe category. | Of a total of 90 child abuse images, 24 fell in to the most severe category. |
| He also possessed 22 separate bestiality images. | He also possessed 22 separate bestiality images. |
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