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A mum who gave her young daughter a tattoo against her will was told by a judge she “should have known better”. In what was described as an “unusual” offence of assault causing actual bodily harm, Maidstone Crown Court heard the woman and her partner were tattooing each other in October 2021 when the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was asked if she wanted one. Despite telling her mum ‘No’, the child was ordered to ‘Come here’ by her parent, who had been drinking. Using a tattoo gun, a design measuring the size of a 50 pence coin was then inked out on the youngster’s body, sai…

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