Ex-girlfriend 'warned police Watkins was a paedophile'

Ian Watkins' ex-girlfriend Joanna Majic told the Daily Mirror that she had warned police repeatedly for four years that he was a paedophile.

The former call girl had an on-off relationship with the Lostprophets singer from 2006 and said: “Everything changed for us when he confided in me that he wanted to abuse children in 2008.

“I went straight to South Wales police then and made a complaint but they ignored me and said I needed evidence.

"I warned them this man was a danger to young kids but I think they thought I was just a trouble maker.

“I couldn’t believe how indifferent the police were, it was like they were taking his side and dismissing me as some stalker."

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the case.

Responding to the claims Chief Superintendent Tim Jones, head of South Wales Police’s Professional Standards Department, said: “South Wales Police will fully support the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s independent investigation and are committed to responding promptly to its findings.”