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High street retailer HMV have confirmed that they will no longer sell music by Lostphrophets, following frontman Ian Watkins' admission to child sex abuse charges.
Earlier this week (Tuesday 26 November, 2013), former Lostprophets frontman Watkins admitted charges of attempting to rape a baby, as well as the sexual assault of a child under 13. He also admitted three counts of sexual assault involving children and six involving taking, making and possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal. The court was told how Watkins had extreme illegal pornography on his computers, had boasted of wanting to blow meth smoke in a baby's face, and even filmed encounters he'd had with 16-year-old Lostprophets fans in school uniforms.
Read the full report from the trial here.
Now, HMV have confirmed to NME that they will no longer sell any of the band's music in any of their 140 UK stores or online, and that they have told staff to remove all of their records from shelves.
Apple declined comment on whether or not they would be taking the same action, while Amazon are yet to issue a statement on the matter.
Ian Watkins, 35 from Pontypridd, will be sentenced on 18 December, 2013.
