Welsh
rock star charged with conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with female
under 13 and possession of indicent images.
The 35-year-old was charged with conspiring to
engage in sex with an underage girl. He faces three separate charges of
possession, creation and distribution of indecent images of children. The
singer, from Pontypridd, Wales, is also charged with possession of 'extreme
pornography'. Cardiff magistrates court heard that 40 images of children and
child abuse were being investigated by police.
Two unnamed women, aged 20 and 24, from Doncacster
and Bedford, have also been charged with "similar offences". Making
an application for all three to be refused bail, prosecutor Mrs Suzanne Thomas
said: "They are the sort of charges which will cause public revulsion. The
penalty would be a custodial sentence if they were found guilty." Watkins
was arrested on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into child sex
offences.
He appeared in court today wearing a black
jacket with a high collar and was watched by his mother. A forlorn-looking
Watkins did not speak during the 90-minute hearing. The two women also facing
prosecution - the younger woman facing four charges and the other facing six -
cannot be named for legal reasons All three were remanded in custody to appear
in Cardiff Crown Court on December 31.
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