‘Staggeringly stupid’ Newcastle man gave primary school age children permanent tattoos https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2026-02-17/staggeringly-stupid-man-gave-primary-school-age-children-permanent-tattoos Posted by pppppppppppppppppd
Celestial__Peach on February 19, 2026 3:52 am Newcastle Crown Court heard Coe, whose aftercare comprised of cleaning with a baby wipe, “didn’t see anything wrong with it”. I just…
Hazzat on February 19, 2026 3:58 am > It is frankly staggering and defies belief he could be so foolish. When your *defence lawyer* is saying this… gg.
EarFlapHat on February 19, 2026 4:01 am I’ll save you a click: it doesn’t say what the tattoos actually depict. Prosecutor ‘Jennifer Slaughter’ talking about how anxious the victims were was a highlight. It didn’t say how he knew them… I’m guessing older brother of one of them? Or does he own a shop but just does no hygiene measures?
Biggeordiegeek on February 19, 2026 5:17 am He is from Byker, enough said (Had horrid images of him being from Benwell, where I am from)
CheezTips on February 19, 2026 5:41 am One got a skull on the chest?? Goddamn. Here’s an article with a bit more detail: https://theenglishchronicle.com/News/12944/
Demiboy94 on February 19, 2026 6:13 am Erm how old were the children and why was a 31 Yr old deciding to spend alone time with children. Even if you’re 16 still weird AF
crapusername47 on February 19, 2026 6:42 am Giving tattoos to children? [That always goes well!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32275943/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)
limeflavoured on February 19, 2026 6:50 am This should have been GBH with intent, not child cruelty. 3 years (so 18 months, in reality) in prison isn’t enough really.
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Newcastle Crown Court heard Coe, whose aftercare comprised of cleaning with a baby wipe, “didn’t see anything wrong with it”.
I just…
> It is frankly staggering and defies belief he could be so foolish.
When your *defence lawyer* is saying this… gg.
I’ll save you a click: it doesn’t say what the tattoos actually depict.
Prosecutor ‘Jennifer Slaughter’ talking about how anxious the victims were was a highlight.
It didn’t say how he knew them… I’m guessing older brother of one of them? Or does he own a shop but just does no hygiene measures?
He is from Byker, enough said
(Had horrid images of him being from Benwell, where I am from)
One got a skull on the chest?? Goddamn. Here’s an article with a bit more detail: https://theenglishchronicle.com/News/12944/
Erm how old were the children and why was a 31 Yr old deciding to spend alone time with children. Even if you’re 16 still weird AF
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Giving tattoos to children? [That always goes well!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32275943/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)
This should have been GBH with intent, not child cruelty. 3 years (so 18 months, in reality) in prison isn’t enough really.