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- Rico Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth face trial at Leeds Crown Court for 11 October 2025 killing of singer Ian Watkins in Wakefield prison.
- Prosecutors say Gedel entered Watkins’s cell with a homemade knife while Dodsworth acted as lookout, the assault lasting 20 seconds.
- Video captured Gedel leaving after 20 seconds, handing the knife to Dodsworth who placed it in a bin recovered while officers recorded Gedel’s remark, ‘Have a good night’s sleep, Watkins lad.’