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"Ex-Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has pleaded guilty to a number of sex offences, including attempting to rape an 11-month old baby.  The 36-year-old, from Pontypridd, had been charged with 24 sex offences and the trial began today (November 26) at Cardiff Crown Court. He appeared in court alongside two female co-defendants, who cannot be named for legal reasons.  Prosecuting barrister Chris Clee QC told the court of Watkins: &amp;quot;He accepts he was a determined and committed paedophile.&amp;quot; He added of the co-defendants: &amp;quot;Both women sexually abused their own children and made them available to Watkins for him to abuse.&amp;quot; Mr Justice Royce told the jury: &amp;quot;There will not be a trial in this case. The defendants have all pleaded guilty to nearly all the charges against them. The prosecution does not seek a trial in these circumstances. &amp;quot;You have been saved from having to watch extremely graphic and distressing material.&amp;quot; Watkins denied two counts of raping an 11-month-old baby, but admitted attempting to rape the child. This was accepted by the prosecution. He also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rape a child aged under 13, and conspiring to sexually assault a child under the age of 13. The musician admitted several charges of possessing indecent photographs of children as well and two counts of taking indecent photographs of children dating back to 2007 and 2008. Watkins also pleaded guilty to possession of extreme pornography of a person engaged in a sex act with an animal. He also admitted aiding and abetting one of the female co-defendants to sexually assault a child under the age of 13.  The initial charges included two separate counts of raping a baby, as well as conspiracy to rape another child, one count of sexual assault, one of aiding and abetting sexual assault by penetration and conspiracy to sexually assault a child. Watkins, who had initially denied all 24 charges, will be sentenced on December 18. The evidence presented in court came from mobile phones and computers and the court was told that Watkins filmed the episodes of abuse. One of Watkins&amp;#039;s co-defendants pleaded guilty to attempted rape of a baby after denying rape. She also admitted two counts of sexual assault and one of distributing an indecent photograph of a child. The other pleaded guilty to conspiring to rape a child, three sexual assault charges and four charges of taking, possessing or distributing indecent images. Anyone who has been affected by this case or other cases of child abuse can contact South Wales Police on 029 20634184 or the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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