London: Child sex predator Ian Watkins sexually
abused hundreds of young victims during years of secret drug-fuelled
debauchery, a former girlfriend has warned.
Joanna Majic, 38, claimed on Wednesday that female fans of
the paedophile rocker are hiding the true extent of his prolific child
abuse.
That is because they are also the mothers of the young
children or babies that the former Lostprophets frontman preyed upon,
she said.
Ian Watkins, lead singer of Lostprophets, as he
performs on stage in 2011 pleaded guilty to a series of sexual offenses,
including trying to rape a baby.
Photo: AP
Miss Majic, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, also revealed
that she first reported Mr Watkins' activities to South Wales Police
five years ago, but was not taken seriously.
Senior police have vowed to continue seeking out other child victims
of the singer's abuse as the investigation into his activities
continues.
Mr Watkins admitted a string of sickening child-related sex
offences at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday, including two attempts at
raping a baby.
Two unnamed female fans, who were due to stand trial with
him, also admitted a series of sex-related offences on the eve of the
joint prosecution.
Both women, aged 21 and 24, were revealed as the mothers of the baby victims targeted by Mr Watkins.
The singer and the two women will be sentenced in Cardiff on December 18.
Mr Watkins himself was revealed as a classic manipulative
paedophile who sought out hero-worshipping female fans and used his
celebrity status to get what he wanted.
Miss Majic claimed today that that cynical predatory approach was successfully used in hundreds of other cases.
In an interview with Real Radio in which she frequently
breaks down, she spoke of her devastation that Mr Watkins was not
stopped earlier.
Asked how she felt the admissions by Mr Watkins and the
others, she said: "I don't feel happy about it. I don't feel vindicated.
I'm just devastated that it took so long.
"I've always said to the police, there's hundreds of victims
out there and you're never going to find them because the mothers are in
on it."
Miss Majic had an on-off relationship with Mr Watkins from
2006 and observed his gradual downfall through intense drug use over a
four-year period.
She speaks of his attempts to get her to take drugs and the
abuse from fans she suffered, possibly directed by Mr Watkins, after
reporting him to the police.
Source:http://www.smh.com.au
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