IAN WATKINS: Distraught Parents Say He ‘could be remembered like some sort of Jimmy Savile character’

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Watkins 2 The distraught parents of Ian Watkins have spoken of their horror at their son’s ‘heinous’ crimes against children, comparing him to notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Church minister John Davies, 53, and his wife Elaine, 60, raised Watkins in a Baptist manse in Pontypridd, South Wales, where he was a straight-A pupil and a talented musician.

They were hugely proud of their boy, who achieved a first class honours degree before making a name for himself as a rock singer who refused to drink or do drugs.

But after Watkins became twisted by extreme online pornography, they are now struggling to accept how he could have turned so quickly from a teetotal singer with the world at his feet to a child abusing monster facing years behind bars.

‘This is so hard. It’s overwhelming. It has affected every aspect of our lives,’ Mr Davies told the Daily Mail.

‘It’s the first thing a parent asks themselves – where did we go wrong? What happened?

‘Ian was loved, cherished, encouraged and nurtured. We did our best. He was a normal happy young lad who grew up in the Valleys in a loving family which had no more problems than anybody else has.

‘I don’t know how this will turn out. I don’t know whether he will be remembered for years to come as somebody infamous and evil – like a sort of Jimmy Savile character. I hope not.

‘I hope something will happen to change that perception of people. Time will tell. We’re going to do our best to support him and hope for the best, that’s all we can do.’

Despite the guilt felt by Watkins’s distraught parents, the true blame for his descent into depravity appears to lie with a sudden and intensifying obsession with online pornography.

Female fans invited into Watkins’s inner circle began writing worrying messages on internet message boards. Some had found child porn on his computer and said he talked openly about having sex with children and animals.He had been dating a dominatrix who promoted ‘no boundaries’ parties online, while uploading a series of pictures of him taking part in extreme sex sessions.The formerly teetotal singer, who dated television presenter Fearne Cotton at the height of his fame, had also begun experimenting with drugs, including crystal meth.

What we now know is he was also grooming female fans with young children so he could convince them to let him abuse their babies.

When his parents heard the charges against him, they were stunned. His mother, who had a kidney transplant two years ago, is in serious ill health, exacerbated by the stress of finding out about his crimes.

‘When the CPS spoke and the clerk read out the allegations, Elaine and I just sat there and our jaws dropped. We could not believe what we were hearing,’ said Mr Davies.

‘It was devastating. We thought, “there must be some mistake here. There must be some reason for this. There’s no way that this is true”.

‘We just left the magistrates’ court in a state of absolute despair and shock.’

Mr Davies said he and his wife, from whom he is now separated, had tried to work out what they could have done wrong.

‘Although no family is perfect, there is nothing we can put our finger on,’ he added.‘This has just horrified all of us.’

Before his decline: Ian Watkins with his mother Elaine. His parents were hugely proud of their boy

2 comments on “IAN WATKINS: Distraught Parents Say He ‘could be remembered like some sort of Jimmy Savile character’”

M angeles on December 31, 2017 at 10:42 PM said:

Me da mucha pena todo el asunto de Ian . Es terrible, en serio, pero confío en que el cambiará, o que al menos conseguirá controlar ese impulso y podrá llevar, en su momento, una vida tranquila. Pido por ello.

M angeles on December 31, 2017 at 10:48 PM said:

Es triste este asunto, pero confío en que Ian cambiará, controlará ese impulso y podrá llevar una vida tranquila.