I have no words for the above photo.
There was a very strange quote in that Independent article:
"In 2019, he appeared back in court for
possessing a phone behind bars, and described his fellow inmates as โmurderers, mass murderers, rapists, paedophiles, serial killers โ the worst of the worstโ."
I don't know if they failed to provide the full context of that quote, if there was any more to it, but if not, it would appear to show that Watkins remained in complete denial as to what he was, and what he had done.
The quote reads as if he didn't see himself as one of those groups of people. If it is to be believed, then he must have either been in denial, or otherwise somehow considered himself to be some sort of special case.
AFAIK, The independent generally has a decent reputation for accurate reporting, and not just blatantly making up quotes and stories to suit, as most of the tabloids do.