Ex-skinhead gets funding for tattoo removal

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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 7:00p.m.

Carl Drewett says he no longer believes in white supremacy

Carl Drewett says he no longer believes in white supremacy

Last week Campbell Live aired an interview with Carl Drewett. You may not recall his name, but you will know his face.

Carl has the word 'skinhead' tattooed on his forehead. A tattoo he now wants removed.

Carl wants to move on with his life, and he told us he no longer belongs to or believes in the skinhead movement. He says he is no longer a white supremacist.

Carl didn't have the funds up front to pay for the tattoo to be removed, but today a generous donor stepped forward.

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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.