Ex-skinhead gets funding for tattoo removal

20 Oct 2011 11:34a.m.

cori wrote:

I think everyone has wreckage and some people more than others i dont know this guys sitution but i know mine... I am a 24 year old women who is a single mom with three kids... i got into some trouble in my day ( not legal) but i was mixed up in drugs and i have been clean 3 years now, out of my very abbusive relationship just a few months now and going to collage for one month now... I have horriable hand tattoos that say hate on one hand and love on the other.. I am trying to find a program to help me fund my tattoo removal so i can get a job and provide for my children...I really hope the world doesnt look down on me for trying to be better mut being to poor to do so. from a broken women

27 Jul 2011 11:20a.m.

john wrote:

The story aside, I'm actually really impressed with the talent, ingenuity that prisoners used with little resources to create a tattooing machine from everyday items - it's actually quite incredible!!!

27 Jul 2011 08:26a.m.

Lisa wrote:

I am very disgusted with this story. I wonder how many more crims we're going to get now wanting their tats removed. I myself made some very bad choices in my youth and i got a whole lot of rubbish put on half my back, my life has been on track for yrs now but I still have those horrible tats to remind me of my stupidness. I wander if there is any1 out there that would pay for the removal of mine. By the way Simon you are an awesome person with a huge heart but maybe your money would have been better off going to nz's children in abusive homes maybe just a thought. ps Carl the nation will be watching you now!!!!

26 Jul 2011 07:46p.m.

Rebecca Bell wrote:

Wouldn't the money be better off feeding David's kids so they can go to school!

25 Jul 2011 04:07p.m.

carlgoon wrote:

haha, seems he decided to leave what he called as 'being a skinhead' after being kicked out of the north island for stealing off his 'brothers' and then not being welcome in the south island because he treated things more like a gang and ripped people off. no doubt he'll be spending those donations on drugs.

22 Jul 2011 08:44p.m.

Bevan wrote:

Get over yourself people, if he had eaten himself to obesity the taxpayer would fund a gastric bypass, that's happening by the 1000's. Good for you Simon!!!!

22 Jul 2011 08:11a.m.

dave wrote:

Well it only cost $5 per removal per visit at O Hauraki medical center thames. people that have jobs and are well off get it done there even for practically nothing.

21 Jul 2011 08:38p.m.

Kelly wrote:

Simon is lovely, he didnt need to do this, and he isnt exactly a Hollywood celeb and rolling in the doe... I hope Carl doesnt stuff it up, It wont just be coloured people after you Carl, it will be the whole Nation!

21 Jul 2011 08:47a.m.

wayno wrote:

Ian, I'm with you. How about helping out someone whom hasn't done anything criminal. Crims deserve one thing, the death penalty. End of my story. Signed, Henchmen - Ironic ya think?

20 Jul 2011 04:25p.m.

ian wrote:

This P---s ME O--.How about picking me up when i am down, and every one else to correct their mistakes.
This A--'hole made a stupid very bad choice in the first instance[even a child would have known better]now don't worry we the tax payers will fund out of the hole you have dug yourself into.