<p>British rock singer Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 35 years today for the attempted rape of a baby and several other "incomprehensible" child sex offences.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Watkins, who admitted 13 offences at Cardiff Crown Court, had "plumbed new depths of depravity", his judge said.<br /><br />The vocalist, whose band sold millions of albums around the world, plotted the abuse of two children with their own mothers in a series of text and Internet messages.<br /><br />The heavily tattooed 36-year-old spoke of his desire to intoxicate one of his victims by blowing crystal meth smoke into the child's face.<br /><br />"Ian Watkins was the ringleader of this terrible conspiracy and it is right that his sentence reflects this," the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement after sentencing.<br /><br />"He is a highly dangerous and manipulative individual who preyed on his victims in a calculated manner.<br /><br />"It is incomprehensible that adults would commit such appalling acts against children and young people, and our thoughts remain with the victims and those close to them."<br /><br />Police are now investigating whether Watkins committed further abuse in the United States and Germany.</p>
<p>British rock singer Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 35 years today for the attempted rape of a baby and several other "incomprehensible" child sex offences.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Watkins, who admitted 13 offences at Cardiff Crown Court, had "plumbed new depths of depravity", his judge said.<br /><br />The vocalist, whose band sold millions of albums around the world, plotted the abuse of two children with their own mothers in a series of text and Internet messages.<br /><br />The heavily tattooed 36-year-old spoke of his desire to intoxicate one of his victims by blowing crystal meth smoke into the child's face.<br /><br />"Ian Watkins was the ringleader of this terrible conspiracy and it is right that his sentence reflects this," the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement after sentencing.<br /><br />"He is a highly dangerous and manipulative individual who preyed on his victims in a calculated manner.<br /><br />"It is incomprehensible that adults would commit such appalling acts against children and young people, and our thoughts remain with the victims and those close to them."<br /><br />Police are now investigating whether Watkins committed further abuse in the United States and Germany.</p>