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"Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has not been granted bail over charges relating to sexual offences against children, including conspiracy to rape a 1-year-old girl. The musician, 35, of Pontypridd, faces six charges, including conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child under 13, and four offences relating to possession and distribution of indecent images of children.  Watkins is also accused of two incidents of conspiring to engage in sexual touching with two children; possessing, making and distributing indecent images; and possessing &amp;quot;extreme&amp;quot; animal pornography, The AP reports. A 24-year-old woman has been charged with the same six offences, while a 20-year-old woman has been charged with five of the offences, but not the conspiracy to rape charge. The women cannot be named for legal reasons. After facing Cardiff magistrates today (December 19), Watkins and the two women have been remanded in custody and will appear before Cardiff Crown Court on December 31. Defending barrister Tom Crowther said that Watkins would be denying the charges.   Senior investigating officer Peter Doyle said: &amp;quot;Specially-trained staff are available to speak to anyone with concerns or information regarding this investigation and a dedicated telephone number has been set up. &amp;quot;I want to encourage anyone who has any concerns or information which they think may be relevant to contact us. &amp;quot;Safeguarding children involved in such cases is always a high priority and as such measures have already been taken.&amp;quot; Watkins co-founded Welsh band Lostprophets in 1997, and the group have sold around 3.5 million albums worldwide. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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