The rest of the Lostprophets have remained silent through much of the
police investigation, but lead guitarist Lee Gaze took to Twitter today
to express his relief at the outcome of the case.
That was over quick. Thank ****," he wrote.
"Thanks for the kind words. At least there is closure."
5.17pm
Attention in the police investigation is now turning to finding
whether there are any other victims of Watkins' depraved abuse around
the world.
The court case heard how Watkins encouraged a teenager
in the US to fly to meet him dressed in a school uniform before filming
her engaging in disgusting acts as his request.
You can read more about how the investigation will extend internationally here.
4.39pm
Here's an update of what's happened today:
* Lostprophets
frontman Ian Watkins today pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences - including
two of attempting to rape an 11-month-old baby. The paedophile rock
star, aged 36 years, also admitted offences including sexually
assaulting a child and conspiring to rape a child.
* Two female
co-defendants, who cannot be identified, admitted sexually abusing their
own children "at the behest of Ian Watkins". All three were ordered to
sign the sex offenders' register by the judge, Mr Justice Royce, and
they will be sentenced on December 18.
* Detective Chief Inspector
Peter Doyle, South Wales Police's senior investigating officer in the
case, said the investigation had uncovered "the most shocking and
harrowing child abuse" he had ever seen. He said Watkins had "exploited
his celebrity status in order to abuse young children" as he appealed
for more potential victims and witnesses to come forward.
*
Following today's convictions, at a hushed Cardiff crown court, NSPCC
Wales national head of service Des Mannion said: "Ian Watkins clearly
had a dangerous obsession with the most severe and extreme forms of
child sex abuse. His global public profile provided him with access to
impressionable young women who he was able to manipulate to feed his
horrific desires. The length of his sentence should reflect this
terrible abuse of power."
* Catrin Evans, head of the complex
casework unit at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the case
demonstrated "sexual exploitation at its worst".
We've just received this statement from Des Mannion, the national head of service for NSPCC Wales.
“The desire to sexually abuse small babies is something most of us find too horrific to comprehend.
"However
within the significant rise in the number of child abuse images being
distributed online over the past year, agencies like CEOP have noted
both an increase in their severity and a significant decline in the ages
of the children involved.
"Ian Watkins clearly had a dangerous obsession with the most severe and extreme forms of child sex abuse.
"His
global public profile provided him with access to impressionable young
women who he was able to manipulate to feed his horrific desires.
"The length of his sentence should reflect this terrible abuse of power.
“It’s
a huge relief in this instance that the children involved were able to
be identified and finally made safe but tragically this isn’t always the
case.
"This is a global problem and in order to reach those who
are still suffering, governments and law enforcement agencies need to
work together to tackle this very complex issue."
4.05pm
Here's the full statement from DCI Peter Doyle, the senior
investigating officer in the case: "This investigation has uncovered the
most shocking and harrowing child abuse evidence I have ever seen.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Ian Watkins exploited his celebrity status in order to abuse young children.
"Today’s outcome ensures that the three people responsible have been brought to justice.
"The
safeguarding of children has been the primary objective for the
investigation team and the outcome of this investigation has been
achieved through a multi agency approach at an international level.
"Two very young children have been removed from this abuse and given a future that would otherwise have been denied them.
"The
investigation has been extremely complex and challenging with key
information and evidence being identified from witnesses worldwide.
"A
significant amount of electronic data has been retrieved from computers
and web based storage which has provided crucial evidence to support
the case.
"South Wales Police has worked in
partnership with Interpol, other police forces, National Crime Agency’s
CEOP command, local authorities in England and Wales, the Department of
Homeland Security in the USA and the NSPCC.
"Today’s
outcome does not mark the end of our investigations and we will work
tirelessly to identify any other victims or witnesses and seek the
justice they deserve.
"Above all this investigation has been focused on the protection of children and my thoughts today are with those victims."
3.56pm
South Wales Police have just released this picture of Ian Watkins. Ian Watkins
South Wales Police
3.47pm
Here's an audio recording of the full CPS and police statements about the guilty pleas in the Ian Watkins case
3.35pm
Another line from DCI Doyle: "Today's outcome does not mark the end
of our investigations and we will work tirelessly to identify any other
victims"
3.30pm
More from DCI Doyle: "There is no doubt in my mind that Ian Watkins
exploited his celebrity status in order to abuse young children."
3.29pm
DCI Peter Doyle, of South Wales Police: "This investigation has
uncovered the most shocking and harrowing child abuse evidence I've ever
seen."
3.21pm
We've just received this statement from the Crown Prosecution
Service. Catrin Evans, Head of Complex Casework Unit for the Crown
Prosecution Service, Wales, said: “The three defendants in this
case have admitted very serious sexual offences committed against
extremely young children, demonstrating sexual exploitation at its
worst.
“A number of the victims are too young to be
able to understand what has happened to them, yet the defendants
exploited them for their own gratification.
“The
prosecution case is based on robust evidence uncovered by the
investigation team and the South Wales Police High Tech Crime Unit. The
CPS team worked closely with the police to build a strong case and this
has been a major factor in today’s guilty pleas.
“The
CPS will not tolerate child abuse; tackling this unacceptable crime is a
priority for all of us in the criminal justice system.
“We
have recently issued new guidelines for prosecutors dealing with child
abuse cases and are committed to supporting victims and bringing those
who abuse and exploit children before the courts.”
3.16pm
During his opening speech, Mr Clee said of the two female defendants:
"Both, by their pleas, admitted they have sexually abused their own
children at the behest of Ian Watkins.
"They also made their children available to Ian Watkins to be sexually abused."
3.12pm
Watkins and the two female defendants will all be sentenced on Wednesday, December 18.
3.11pm
Prosecutor Christopher Clee's opening remarks about Ian Watkins: "Ian
Watkins was the lead singer of a successful band, The Lostprophets.
"He also, by virtue of his plea, accepts he is a determined and committed paedophile.
"He has engaged in serious sexual offences against two babies belonging to the female defendants in this case.
"Not only has he done so but he recorded and kept episodes of this abuse which were recovered by the police."
2.52pm
The court is now hearing details about the case relating to Ian Watkins that are too graphic to be published.
2.49pm
The court has been hearing how Watkins recorded the attempted rape of
a very young child in a hotel room in Shepherds Bush, London, in April
2012. He also filmed himself abusing the child alongside the child's
mother inside a hotel where the band were staying.
Watkins message to child's mother talked of wanting "to cross the line".
mother "a summer of incest and child porn"
watkins "hell yes baby"
— Rupert Evelyn (@rupertevelyn) November 26, 2013
2.47pm
You can see a summary of the charges to which Ian Watkins has admitted here, as proceedings continue against the former Lostprophets frontman at Cardiff Crown Court.
2.42pm
In court, prosecutor Chris Clee QC has described Watkins as a "determined and committed paedophile".
2.33pm
Watkins, with his hands clasped in front of him, rocked back and
forth as he also admitted sexually assaulting a child aged under 13.
He also admitted aiding and abetting a female co-defendant to sexually assault a child under 13.
The
singer, who has sold 3.5m records, looked at his feet as he admitted
conspiracy to rape a child aged under 13, while his voice faltered as he
quietly replied "guilty" to a charge of conspiring to sexually assault a
child under 13.
He also pleaded guilty to possessing an indecent
photograph of a child between August and December last year, a further
charge of possessing four indecent photographs of children between
August and December last year, and another charge of possessing five
indecent images of children between last August and last September.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of taking indecent photographs of children dating back to 2007 and 2008.
Watkins
also admitted possession of indecent photographs of a child and
possessing extreme pornography depicting a person engaged in a sex act
with an animal.
The musician, from Pontypridd, will be sentenced at a later date.
A
21-year-old woman, who cannot be named, admitted aiding and abetting an
attempted rape, aiding and abetting rape, two counts of sexually
assaulting a child aged under 13 years, taking indecent photographs of
children and distributing indecent photographs of children.
A 24-year-old woman, who also cannot be named, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child aged under 13 by penetration.
She
also admitted charges of sexually assaulting a child under 13 by
touching, conspiracy to rape a child under 13, conspiracy to sexually
assault a girl under 13, two counts of indecent photographs of a child
and distributing indecent photographs of children.
2.32pm
Ian Watkins has pleaded guilty to a range of child sex charges, including two counts of attempting to rape a baby.
The
36-year-old rock star also admitted conspiring to rape another child as
he dramatically changed his pleas on the day he was set to stand trial
at Cardiff Crown Court.
His two female co-defendants also admitted a string of sex abuse charges against their own children.
Sally
O'Neill QC, on behalf of Watkins, said while the musician claimed he
"cannot remember" the attempted rapes - which were captured on video -
he wanted the charges put to him again.
Watkins, who stood in the
dock wearing a grey suit over a white shirt and dark tie, appeared
ashen-faced as the charges were read out.
As the counts were put to him, Watkins repeatedly looked to his legal team as he replied.
He
denied two counts of raping an 11-month-old baby but admitted two
counts of attempting to rape the child - the baby of one of his
co-accused.
2.20pm
Ian Watkins has pleaded guilty to 13 sex offences - including two of attempting to rape a baby
2.06pm
The latest from our reporter in court:
We're
still waiting on court reassembling here in Cardiff, where trial of
former Lostprophets lead singer Ian Watkins is due to start today
— Ciaran Jones (@ciaranjones1) November 26, 2013
1.59pm
Just a reminder - the legal teams are due back in court at 2pm, so we
should be able to give you some indication after that about how things
are likely to proceed this afternoon.
12.50pm
Proceedings have now been adjourned until 2pm. We should be able to bring you some more details after that.
ফ্রিল্যান্সিংয়ের মাধ্যমে আয় করা এখন যে আর কাল্পনিক কিছু নয় সেটি
ইতিমধ্যেই প্রমাণিত হয়েছে। হাজার হাজার ছেলে মেয়ে এখন ফ্রিল্যান্সিংয়ের
সঙ্গে যুক্ত। এ কাজটি করার মাধ্যমে তারা নিজেকে স্বাবলম্বী করে তুলেছে সেই
সঙ্গে দেশকেও এগিয়ে নিয়ে যাচ্ছে অর্থনৈতিক সমৃদ্ধির পথে। অনলাইনে বেশ
কয়েকটি ফ্রিল্যান্সিং প্ল্যাটফর্ম রয়েছে তন্মধ্যে ওডেস্ক রয়েছে সবার উপরে।
ওডেস্কে প্রতিদিন বিভিন্ন বিষয়ের উপর হাজার হাজার কাজ জমা পড়ছে। আর সে
কাজগুলি করেই বিভিন্ন বিষয়ের দক্ষ ফ্রিল্যান্সারগণ নিজেদেরকে করে তুলেছে
অর্থনৈতিকভাবে স্বাধীন। এ কথা থেকে সহজেই অনুমেয় যে ওডেস্কে কাজ পেতে হলে
দক্ষতার কোন বিকল্প নেই।
কিন্তু এখন প্রশ্ন হচ্ছে আপনি কি কাজ করবেন বা কোন বিষয়ে দক্ষ হবেন। এটি
আসলে নির্ভর করে কোন ব্যক্তির কোন বিষয়ের কাজ করার যোগ্যতা রয়েছে। যেমন
কোন ব্যক্তি যদি শুধু টাইপিংয়ের কাজ জানে তাহলে তার উচিত হবে ডাটা এন্ট্রির
কাজের মাধ্যমে ফ্রিল্যান্সিং শুরু করা।তো বন্ধুগণ এমনিভাবে আজ আমরা আলোচনা
করব ফ্রিল্যান্সিংয়ের সফল হওয়ার জন্য কী কাজ শিখবেন এবং সেটি কীভাবেই বা
শিখবেন?
কাজ পাওয়ার জন্য কী শিখবেন
কাজ পেতে হলে কিছু বিষয় অবশ্যই আপনার আয়ত্তে আনতে হবে। তো চলুন দেখে নেওয়া যাক কী শিখবেন?
● ইংরেজীর গুরুত্ব নিশ্চয় আপনাকে বোঝানো লাগবে না। সুতরাং ফ্রিল্যান্সিংয়ে সফলতার জন্য ইংরেজী শিখুন।
● ৩) এরপর নিচের যেকোনটা বেছে নিন , তবে যত বেশি জানবেন ততই লাভ, ডাটা এন্ট্রির জন্য-অফিস প্যাকেজ, ওয়েব রিসার্চ, আর্টিক্যাল রাইটিং, ইউটিউব ডিটেইলস ইত্যাদি। গ্রাফিক্স ডিজাইনিং এর জন্য- ফটোশপ, ইলাস্ট্রেটর,কোরেল ড্র, ইনডিজাইন শিখুন। ওয়েব ডিজাইনিং এর জন্য-ফটোশপ, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, ওয়েব ডেভেলপিং এর জন্য-HTML, CSS,পিএইচপি কনটেন্ট ম্যানেজমেন্টের জন্য – ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস, জুমলা (ব্যাসিক ও আ্যডভান্স)
কাজ কীভাবে শিখবেন, কোথা থেকে শিখবেন?
● অনলাইনে যেকোন কাজ আপনি খুব সহজেই শিখতে পারেন বিভিন্ন টিউটোরিয়ালের মাধ্যমে। টিউটোরিয়াল খুজে পেতে গুগলের সহায়তা নিন।
● ভিডিও দেখে শিখবেন। ইউটিউব ছাড়াও লিন্ডা ইত্যাদির ভিডিও টিউটোরিয়াল
রয়েছে। বাংলায় আল-হেরা মাল্টিমিডিয়ার ভিডিও টিউটোরিয়াল দেখেও শিখতে পারেন।
কিছু স্যাম্পল কাজ আগেই করে রাখুন
আপনি কোন কাজ করতে পারেন সেটি বায়ারকে শুধু মুখে বললেই তো আর কাজ পাওয়া
যাবে না। বরং ঐ ধরনের কিছু কাজ আগে থেকে করে রেডি রাখুন এবং বায়ারকে দেখান।
তবে আপনার কাজ পাওয়ার সম্ভাবনা বেড়ে যাবে। তাছাড়া বাংলা প্রবাদটি তো
আপনারও জানা যে “শুকনো কথায় চিড়া ভিজে না”।
কাজ পাওয়ার পূর্বশর্ত
ফ্রিল্যান্সিং ই এখন অনেকের মূল পেশা। আবার অনেকেই রয়েছেন অল্প কিছুদিন
কাজ পাওয়ার চেষ্টা করে কাজ না পেয়ে হতাশাগ্রস্থ হয়ে ফ্রিল্যান্সিং-ই ছেড়ে
দিয়েছেন।বিপরীতভাবে অনেকেই রয়েছেন যারা ধৈর্যের সাথে নিয়মিত চেষ্টা করে
গেছেন এবং পরবর্তীতে কাজও পেয়ে গেছেন। এখন তারাই সফল ফ্রিল্যান্সার। সুতরাং
একজন সফল ফ্রিল্যান্সার হতে হলে আপনাকে অবশ্যই নিম্নোক্ত কিছু বিষয় মেনে
চলতে হবে।
● আপনাকে আত্মবিশ্বাসী হতে হবে। খুব সহজেই হতাশাগ্রস্থ হয়ে পড়া চলবে না।
● আপনি যে ধরনের কাজ করতে চান সেসব কাজের কিছু স্যাম্পল আগেই তৈরী করে পোর্টফোলিওতে রাখতে হবে।
● আপনার দক্ষতাগুলি প্রকাশ পায় এমনভাবে সুন্দর একটি কাভার লেটার তৈরী করতে হবে।
● আপনি যে ধরনের কাজ করেন সে কাজের নিত্য নতুন ট্রেন্ডের সঙ্গে পরিচিত হতে হবে এবং সেগুলি শিখে আপনার আয়ত্তে রাখতে হবে।
আগে কাজ করুন, টাকা এমনিতেই পাবেন
আমাদের দেশ থেকে এখন লক্ষ লক্ষ ফ্রিল্যান্সার ওডেস্কে কাজ করছে এবং কোন
ঝামেলা ছাড়াই তাদের টাকা হাতে পেয়ে যাচ্ছে। সুতরাং টাকা পাওয়ার ব্যাপারে
দুঃচিন্তা না করলেও চলবে। তবে আপনাকে যেটি নিয়ে চিন্তা করতে হবে সেটি হচ্ছে
বায়ারের রেটিং এবং কাজটি কিভাবে পাওয়া যায়। কারণ বায়ারের রেটিং ভালো হলে
টাকা পাওয়ার ব্যাপারটি নিয়ে বিন্দুমাত্র ঝামেলার আশঙ্কাও নেই। আর কাজটি
পেয়ে আপনি সঠিকভাবে করে দিতে পারলে পেওনার, মানিবুকার, চেক, ওয়ার ইত্যাদি
অনেক উপায়েই আপনি টাকা তুলতে পারবেন। সুতরাং টাকা কিভাবে পাবেন সে চিন্তা
না করে বরং কোন কাজ কীভাবে পাবেন এবং সেটি কীভাবে করবেন সেটি চিন্তা করাই
হবে বুদ্ধিমানের কাজ।
Japanese car maker Honda on
Monday unveiled the all new version of sedan 'City' in India as a part
of plans to strengthen its position in the country.
The
company, which unveiled the car globally on Monday, will start selling
the model to be available both in petrol and diesel variants in India
from January next year.
"The all new fourth generation Honda
City, which would be available in both petrol and diesel versions, will
take the legacy of the car forward," Honda Motor Co Managing Officer
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto told reporters here.
