Pedophile and disgraced British rock star Ian Watkins was slaughtered in his jail cell Saturday.

Another convict ambushed the singer and used a shank to slash the 48-year-old’s throat after the cells at HM Prison Wakefield were unlocked for the morning, sources told The Sun.

The ex-Lostprophet frontman’s jugular was severed and he succumbed to blood loss. 3

“Watkins has been killed in the most brutal way possible – and the attack was shocking, even by prison standards,” the source told the outlet.

“Guards were nearby and raced to the scene pretty quickly — but there was nothing they could do, and they could not save him.”

They continued: “It was a horrific scene, with blood everywhere and alarms and sirens going off.”

West Yorkshire Police confirmed the murder took place shor

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