Victory for doting dad dragged into court docket and accused of assault by his ex-wife after letting their 16-year-old daughter get a tattoo – regardless of mum not chatting with the teenager for the final three YEARS
- Father accused of assault for letting daughter get a tattoo has expenses dropped
- His daughter Casey has not seen her mom for 3 years, he revealed
- Casey was given permission to get her first tattoo when she was 16 years previous
A doting dad who was dragged earlier than the courts as a result of he allowed his teenage daughter to get a small tattoo of a dream catcher has had all expenses dropped.
Brad Victory was charged with assault occasioning precise bodily hurt after he gave his then-16-year-old daughter Casey permission to get a tattoo above her ankle.
The 45-year-old took Casey to Picton Tattoos in Sydney’s south-west final 12 months to get the symbolic tattoo, which she mentioned represented her want to ‘dream huge’ in her future.
His ex-wife and Casey’s mom Nadene Rae Rees was furious when she found the tattoo, and he confronted 5 years in jail if he was convicted of a crime.
Brad Victory and his daughter Casey (pictured when she was a toddler) have all the time been extraordinarily closed
However on Tuesday, all expenses have been sensationally dropped.
Mr Victory advised A Present Affair he did not assume Ms Rae Rees deserved an enter within the resolution given she hadn’t spoken to Casey, now 17, in three years.
‘I did not assume she wanted to know, as a result of she would not have something to do with Casey,’ he mentioned.
He by no means thought-about pleading responsible to the cost even when the case attracted vital public consideration.
‘I will do something for Casey. I might go to extremes to guard my daughter and all my children. They imply the world to me,’ he mentioned.
Bradley Victory (pictured), 45, from Tahmoor was charged over his teenage daughter’s tattoo
Casey mentioned she felt she’d ‘hit the jackpot’ together with her relationship together with her truck driver dad.
‘He is one of the best dad I might ever ask for,’ she mentioned.
‘He does every little thing for me. Teaches me the way to do stuff, I can go to him about something, after I need assistance, he is all the time there for me.’
However she beforehand mentioned she by no means anticipated the choice would case her beloved dad a lot grief.
‘I assumed it could be good to have a pleasant dreamcatcher on my ankle,’ she mentioned.
The dream catcher symbolises good luck in native American tradition and the picture had a major that means for {the teenager} on the time.
The dream catcher (pictured, Casey’s tattoo) symbolises good luck in native American tradition and the picture had a major that means for {the teenager} on the time
Casey Victory (pictured) was 16 when she acquired a tattoo of a dream catcher on her ankle
When Nadene Rees (pictured), from Hilltop, found the tattoo she was livid, taking authorized motion towards her ex-husband
Mr Victory beforehand advised this system he would not have agreed to the tattoo if he’d identified he’d find yourself earlier than the courts.
‘If I assumed it was going to trigger this a lot drama I might have waited till she was 18, and it could have saved me and her plenty of grief,’ he mentioned.
‘Casey got here to me and requested me “dad, can I get a tattoo?’ She mentioned “I actually need a tattoo, I wish to put the previous behind me”,’ Mr Victory mentioned.
‘I’ve acquired tattoos, so I am unable to actually be a hypocrite.’
‘This isn’t widespread in any respect in a felony court docket. This can be a matter between ex-husband, ex-wife. To have a felony prosecution, the place one dad or mum provides consent to his daughter to get a tattoo – which is kind of authorized – then I do not perceive what that is all about,’ Sydney lawyer Sam Macedone mentioned.
‘There are different methods of coping with this matter. However having this man charged with wounding his daughter or assaulting her is, in my thoughts, ridiculous.’
