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Police who arrested Lostprophets singer investigated over speed of arrest

Contributed by Tapgirl. Posted by aubin on Monday, February 18, 2013 at 6:30 PM (EST)

The police officers investigating Lostprophets' vocalist Ian Watkins over the charges filed in December 2012 are under some scrutiny themselves now. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the officers and made this statement:

We received a referral from South Wales Police on 25 January 2013 relating to Ian Watkins. Following a thorough assessment I have decided that we will carry out an independent investigation. Our investigation will determine whether or not South Wales Police failed to take appropriate and timely action in relation to information they were in receipt of in advance of Mr Watkins subsequent arrest. We are aware of four forces having provided South Wales Police with information but, as criminal proceedings are active, it would be inappropriate to publish further information at this time.

According to the original report, the musician was charged with "conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a female under 13 and possession/distribution of indecent images of children."

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cpp_ (February 18, 2013)

People like this should have their testicles chopped off in the middle of the street for all to see, the singer not the cops. North America is too lenient on pedophiles and rapists.

cpp_ (February 18, 2013)

I should add with no sterilization just chop them off and watch the guy bleed to death while everyone laughs and chucks fruits and vegteables . It's time to go middle ages on these sick fucks.

jimmynorville (February 18, 2013)

why not the cops? I thought this was PUNK news.

cpp_ (February 18, 2013)

because we already had a hero in Christopher Dorner to do that, his ghost will come back to fuck with the corrupt cops everywhere. That would actually be a really cool movie idea.

cpp_ (February 18, 2013)

I keep forgetting to add stuff in sorry to keep replying to my own posts, it could star LL Cool J

eazyd2 (February 18, 2013)

haha

badbrain (February 18, 2013)

How there are people that are making a martyr out of some psychotic piece of shit who killed legitimately innocent people is unreal to me, and they just sound like fucking idiots. His cause might have had some merit up until that point, but he killed the guys daughter and her boyfriend who had absolutely nothing to do with the LAPD or any corruption therein.

hybridmomentspass (February 19, 2013)

truth. I back this 100%.

LatchKeyKid (February 18, 2013)

I think what we can all agree on is that any person who is or who has been any kind of police officer is probably not a good person. Police officers are trained to lie, cheat, and steal to "fight crime". They for the most part need no education and the training they receive is outdated by all measures. The only people who want to become officers are power hungry assholes. If they wanted to help people they would be nowhere near a police department, I'm so sick of people not realizing that we need college education for all police and all training needs to be brought up to date. I live in Portland where black kids and the mentally ill are gunned down at alarming rates and they never get in trouble or lose their jobs or improve their training. All they do is kill.

jimmynorville (February 18, 2013)

you live in Stevenson, WA.

thermonuclearwarrior (February 18, 2013)

Hey, LatchKeyKid, I think that I can agree that you can go fuck yourself. What you said is so completely off-base and immature that it's laughable. And this is coming from someone who had to file a civil rights injunction with the FBI against the Douglass County, NE Police Department for brutality after a broken wrist and two broken fingers over nothing at all. I also spent three years inside dealing with correctional officers. While there certainly are an abundance of bad cops, the majority of police enter into service to do some good in the communities they police. Grow up.

imadeanaccountjustforthis (February 18, 2013)

I dunno if I'd say "majority", but I will wholeheartedly agree that saying ALL cops are assholes is off base. Most of my experiences have been negative, but a few have been super decent people.

eazyd2 (February 18, 2013)

haha grow up dickhead

spadereef (February 18, 2013)

I lived in Portland. If kids are getting shot by the cops, they probably deserved it. So much fucking violence in that city, it's ridiculous, and I'm not talking about cops-on-blacks. I'm not denying there are going to be cases where the cops are wrong, but fuck man... Imagine if there were no cops in Portland. You'd be dead or driving away within two days.

bastard_squad (February 18, 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

eazyd2 (February 18, 2013)

ahha

BarleyPat (February 19, 2013)

This

xherojuanax (February 18, 2013)

I've never read so many generalizations in one post. What's even more dumbfounding is the fact that you're responding to police combatting sexual abuse.

killtaker (February 19, 2013)

I've had a few bad experiences with cops (particularly in my tiny hometown but they were just horrible human beings) but for the most part I think a lot of them try to do good. When I worked in a residential treatment center and we had AWOL kids or needed to do mental health commitments and needed their assistance they were always helpful so it's hard to generalize so much.
I'm also not exactly sure what misconduct was committed here? Acting in a timely manner? This whole lostprofits story has been so weird.

spadereef (February 19, 2013)

Holy shit, Lost Profits is so the better band name.

spadereef (February 19, 2013)

Oh, maybe that's where they took it from? Is that a common phrase?

rickdog81 (February 19, 2013)

Nope no agreement from me, how many police are there in the whole world? And all of them are corrupt? Shut up and never speak ever again, your life and everyone who comes in contact with you with be forever better for your silence. Thanks

hybridmomentspass (February 19, 2013)

nah, I cant agree with all of that at all. You sound like a moron.

laserguidedbygod (February 20, 2013)

I think what we can all agree on is that any person who is or who has been any kind of internet troll is probably not a good person. Internet trolls are trained to lie, cheat, and use bad syntax to "join in the conversation". They for the most part have no education and the ideas they express are outdated by all measures. The only people who want to become internet trolls are damaged, illiterate manchildren. If they had a good opinion they would be nowhere near computers, I'm so sick of people not realizing that just because you have an opinion you don't have to write down your idiot opinion and there should be an IQ test to get on the Internet. I read Punknews where morons and the mentally ill are posting bullshit at alarming rates and they never get in trouble or lose their commenting privileges or smarten the fuck up. All they do is talk out their asshole.

anytime (February 19, 2013)

....what

ksupilot (February 19, 2013)

So are they saying the police waited too long to arrest him? Or that they arrested him too early? If it's the latter, that makes no sense, what were they supposed to sit and wait for him to molest a kid?

MonkDave (February 19, 2013)

I think your initial question is the gist of it. I would also assume this, seeing as his girlfriend had originally gone to the police two (or was it four?) years ago concerning the kinds of allegations he's finally been arrested for.

davebrave4 (February 19, 2013)

The statement's kinda vague, but it sounds like they took too long.

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