An outraged mum has spoken of her fury after a tattooist inked '100% Welsh lamb' on her 16-year-old daughter's bottom.
Renee Brady only spotted the tattoo on 16-year-old Levi's bottom after the youngster fell from a horse, injuring her hip. The furious mum phoned the police and reported the tattoo parlour.
She said: 'The tattooist has branded a child as a piece of meat for the rest of her life. It is the most disgusting thing to have on a young girl and the location of the tattoo is grossly inappropriate - she is only 16.'
Levi was out with friends when she had the work done at the Tattooland parlour in Riverside, Cardiff. It is illegal to give a tattoo to anyone under the age of 18, although the staff there insist Levi had told them she was of age.
Owner Graham Durham, 67, told reporters: 'She came in here with a friend and one my guys asked how old she was and she said she was 18. Her friend even vouched for her and she gave a false date of birth.'
He said he sympthaised with the girl's mum, claiming: 'If one of my children had gone to a tattooist underage I would completely understand. But there are signs on the door that say 'No under 18s'.'
He added that he had no idea why she had chosen such a bizarre design, saying: 'God knows why she wanted that particular design. She said she wanted '100% Welsh beef' but I told her lamb would be more appropriate.'
Levi says she regrets the tattoo and knows it was a 'stupid' thing to have done.
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