Jury guidance in case of Watkins’ ex

A jury in the trial of the former lover of paedophile rock singer Ian Watkins has been told it will be allowed to return a majority verdict.

Joanne Mjadzelics is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court accused of possessing indecent images of children.

The prosecution say the former prostitute was obsessed with the Lostprophets singer and would do anything to fuel his desires.

Mjadzelics, 39, of Doncaster, is charged with four counts of possessing indecent images of a child, one of inciting Watkins to send her illegal photographs and two of sending pictures to Watkins.

Watkins is serving a 35-year term for a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby.

Mjadzelics’s defence is that she was trying to entrap Watkins by collecting evidence on his sex offending.