Yet Another Celebrity Arrested And Charged With Child Sex Offences.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250400/Lostprophets-singer-Ian-Watkins-charged-child-sex-offences-35-year-old-appear-court-today.html

Apparently there were also two females arrested on a similar charge, why has this person's name been released, and yet not the two females?

/// South Wales Police took the decision to release the rock star's name in order to further assist inquiries. ///

/// Two unnamed women, aged 20 and 24, from Doncacster and Bedford, have also been charged with 'similar offences'. ///

[jackthehat]

It'll all be part of some feminist conspiracy, I'll be bound........

[emmie]

perhaps they are related to the child, who cannot be named...

[Mick-Talbot]

and ex-lover of Fearne Cotton is charged




Why did they feel the need to mention Fearne Cotton?

[emmie]

perhaps no one would know who he is without that connection,

[Duncer]

Perhaps that says more about today's vaccuous celebrity obsessed media?

[Baldric]

Good, this person had to be 'warned off' a younger London based female relative a few years ago!

[youngmafbog]

More trial by media.

He has been arrested and charged, not found guilty. No ones name should be released until found guilty. Sh*t sticks, hard and fast, so if the old bill get it wrong (and they often do) someone is tarred for life as 'the one that got away with it' and that is so wrong.

If he is guilty however, then I have some suggestions that many liberals on this site wold not want to hear I am sure.

[erin-x]

I'm so disappointed in Ian... I was a big Lost Prophets fan, still am tbh. Just so annoyed with the whole situation :|

[Hopkirk]

Never heard of him.

[jd_1984]

Anybody else think this was "H" from steps when reading the headline....??

[patsyann]

Yes I also thought it was H.

[sp1814]

Yep. I immediately thought it was H too. I assumed he'd formed a new band after leaving Steps.

Phew.

[hc4361]

youngmafbog, false accusations need not ruin lives. Remember Michael Le Vell's case earlier this year? He's still working as Kevin on Coronation St.

[Booldawg]

you all must of heard their track 'rooftops' at some point!?

[woofgang]

I hadn't heard of him either.

[FredPuli43]

Always have thought that defendants shouldn't be named unless and until they are convicted. But that's only because the press have a distressing habit of printing prosecution counsel's opening to the jury as fact, and headlining it. When the man is acquitted, it gets barely any coverage at all, and may get none.