Watkins' ex-partner went to police with abuse images

The ex-partner of paedophile singer Ian Watkins went to police with child abuse allegations more than five times before he was arrested, a has court heard.

Joanne Mjadzelics, 39, reported Watkins to police and social services in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 by raising the alarm over the child sex crimes of the rock singer.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has three independent investigations ongoing focussed on the response of South Wales Police, Bedfordshire Police and South Yorkshire Police to allegations that Watkins was abusing children.

Mjadzelics is on trial for sharing indecent images with the singer.

Mjadzelics said that after her repeated reports to police about Watkins being ignored she decided she needed to "trap" the Lostprophets singer on her own and get "evidence" against him.

The court heard the graphic and disturbing online chats and messages sent between the pair during May 2011 in which they fantasise about snatching, murdering and sexually abusing children and infants.

Prosecutor Jim Davis said there was no dispute from Mjadzelics that she was in possession of four indecent images of children, had sent an indecent image of a child and had twice encouraged Watkins to send her an image of child rape.

But the jury heard she claimed she kept the images to trap Watkins and bring him to justice.

Mjadzelics, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, denies four charges of possessing indecent images of children, two charges of distributing indecent images of children and one charge of encouraging Watkins to send her an indecent image of a child.

The trial continues