Peaches Geldof speaks out on Twitter over paedophile tweet

Peaches Geldof has responded to the possibility of her facing a criminal investigation after tweeting the names of two women who allowed their babies to be abused by paedophile rock star Ian Watkins, former lead singer of Lostprophets.Geldof tweeted the names to her 160,000 followers – although this was swiftly deleted, after Watkins admitted attempting to rape a baby on Tuesday, prompting widespread media coverage.It is a criminal offence to publish any details which may identify the victims however.Speaking via her Twitter feed Geldof said: “For all of those out there tweeting me about naming the paedophile mothers involved in the Ian Watkins case, the names have been in the public domain since December 12th when the court named them and put them up on their website for all to see.

For all of those out there tweeting me about naming the paedophile mothers involved in the Ian Watkins case, the names have been in the-

— Peaches Geldof (@peaches_g) November 29, 2013

“Half of twitter had tweeted out the names also aside from my (now deleted) tweet. The babies will most probably be given new identities to protect them from future abuse from other paedos who know who they are/ their names from the videos Watkins uploaded to Paedo websites. “The question of whether or not to give anonymity to criminals in cases like this will go on forever. However these women and Watkins will be getting three meals a day, a double bed, cable TV etc all funded by the tax payer alongside not being named apparently. It makes me sad. “I deleted my tweets however and apologise for any offence caused as at the time of tweeting had only seen everyone tweeting the names at me so had assumed as they were also up on news websites and the crown courts public file that they had been released for public knowledge. Will check my facts before tweeting next time. apologies and lesson learned.”