The debate over whether or not Mick Jagger came to the defense of former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious after he was charged with murder has taken a new twist, RadarOnline.com can confirm.

Fellow Sex Pistols member Johnny Rotten has hinted that he knows the truth. Article continues below advertisement

In 1978, Vicious was arrested for the alleged murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen after she was found dead on the floor of the couple’s New York hotel room with a single stab wound to the stomach.

The drugged-up singer was arrested and charged with her murder but died of a heroin overdose four months later after being released on bail.

Now, Vicious' bandmate Johnny Rotten, whose real name is John Lydon, has confessed that should the case have gone to trial, Vicious would have had t

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