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| Lostprophets Ian Watkins ex denies child abuse web search | Lostprophets Ian Watkins ex denies child abuse web search |
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| A former lover of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins said she has no recollection of sending indecent images. | A former lover of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins said she has no recollection of sending indecent images. |
| Joanne Mjadzelics, 39, from Doncaster, also told Cardiff Crown Court she could not remember searching for the child abuse pictures online. | Joanne Mjadzelics, 39, from Doncaster, also told Cardiff Crown Court she could not remember searching for the child abuse pictures online. |
| She said she wanted Watkins arrested but did not want to "do disgusting things to trap him". | She said she wanted Watkins arrested but did not want to "do disgusting things to trap him". |
| Ms Mjadzelics said she had repeatedly reported him. She denies the charges. | Ms Mjadzelics said she had repeatedly reported him. She denies the charges. |
| Watkins was sentenced to 35 years for child sex abuse offences, including the attempted rape of a baby, in December 2013. | Watkins was sentenced to 35 years for child sex abuse offences, including the attempted rape of a baby, in December 2013. |
| On Thursday, the jury was read out a series of text exchanges between the couple in August 2011 relating to child abuse but she she said she was just trying to "get into Ian Watkins' head". | |
| The defendant said she could not remember the indecent photographs she is accused of sending to Watkins - or searching for them. | The defendant said she could not remember the indecent photographs she is accused of sending to Watkins - or searching for them. |
| "I'd remember if I'd done it but I haven't done that," she said. | "I'd remember if I'd done it but I haven't done that," she said. |
| She added she had no memory of sending a second image, saying: "Possibly I did, but I don't recall." | She added she had no memory of sending a second image, saying: "Possibly I did, but I don't recall." |
| Ms Mjadzelics maintained she wanted Watkins arrested. | Ms Mjadzelics maintained she wanted Watkins arrested. |
| "I didn't want to be with him, I went straight to the top to ask for help to get him, I didn't want to do disgusting things to trap him," she said. | "I didn't want to be with him, I went straight to the top to ask for help to get him, I didn't want to do disgusting things to trap him," she said. |
| When asked if she was motivated by her jealousy over another woman, the defendant said: "No, I was concerned he was molesting a child." | When asked if she was motivated by her jealousy over another woman, the defendant said: "No, I was concerned he was molesting a child." |
| 'Depraved' | |
| The jury heard more exchanges between the pair, and in one text the defendant told Watkins: "I'll do anything for you... I'll lead a life of depraved filth with you." | |
| Ms Mjadzelics told the court she "was doing my job" as prostitute and denied she was obsessed with him | |
| "I was obsessed with trying to trap him and put him away from children," she claimed. | |
| Jim Davies, prosecuting, said: "We know that in 2012 Ian Watkins carried out the abuse that he has admitted. | |
| "You had been feeding his perverted sexual appetite for years before that... all of this talk about abusing, raping and killing children, do you feel a responsibility?" | |
| Ms Mjadzelics replied: "No, I did everything possible to stop it." | |
| The trial continues on Monday. |