The younger girl on the centre of a bitter courtroom battle between her dad and mom after her father allowed her to get a tattoo at 16 has received extra ink to honour her dad.
Brad Victory, 45, took his daughter Casey to Picton Tattoos in Sydney’s south-west in 2019 to get a small tattoo of a dream catcher above her ankle.
Her furious mom Nadene Rae Rees then tried to get her ex-husband jailed and demanded the legal guidelines change to forestall kids from getting inked.
He confronted 5 years in jail if he was discovered responsible, however had signed a permission slip wanted for a kid to get the ink.
On her 18th birthday, Casey went again to Picton Tattoos and received a big rose and rosary beads on her forearm studying: ‘Dad, Pop, Nan – the place there’s household there’s love’.
Casey, now 18, was on the centre of a courtroom dispute after her mom introduced fees towards her father for permitting her to get a tattoo when she was 16
The dream catcher (pictured, Casey’s tattoo) symbolises good luck in native American tradition and the picture had a big which means for {the teenager} on the time
Bradley Victory (pictured), 45, from was charged over his teenage daughter’s tattoo
Casey stated the tattooist made a joke when she walked again within the store, however she made it clear she was now of age and did not want a permission slip.
‘We went to the tattoo place they usually stated “you are again once more” and I stated, “yep, Dad’s not signing this one”… we had a great chuckle,’ she instructed the Telegraph.
Her new tattoo, which spans nearly all of her forearm, pays tribute to her dad and grandparents – who she says ‘completely like it’.
‘He stated I did a great job selecting this one and he is pleased with me,’ she stated.
Mr Victory’s cost of assault occasioning precise bodily hurt was dropped in November, 2020 which led to her mom calling for adjustments to the regulation to forestall kids from being inked.
‘The regulation ought to be modified to be according to different states which don’t permit kids underneath the age of 18 to have a tattoo,’ she instructed The Daily Telegraph.
She careworn that relying on custody preparations, a toddler should not get a tattoo with out each dad and mom’ permission.
‘The tattoo business ought to be made conscious of the Youngsters & Younger Individuals Act and the correct definition of guardian which is a ”one who has all of the rights duties and tasks underneath regulation”,’ she stated.
‘All dad and mom, except there are courtroom orders that give a guardian sole parental duty, have equal shared parental duty and each dad and mom ought to comply with main long-term selections.’
Casey, who’s now 18, says the tattooist made a joke when she walked again within the store, however she made it clear she was now of age and did not want a permission slip
Nadene Rae Rees (pictured) is looking for adjustments to the regulation to cease kids underneath the age of 18 to get tattoos
Mr Victory instructed A Present Affair he did not assume Ms Rae Rees deserved an enter within the choice given she hadn’t spoken to Casey in additional than three years.
‘I did not assume she wanted to know, as a result of she does not have something to do with Casey,’ he stated, when the costs had been dropped.
He by no means thought-about pleading responsible to the cost even when the case attracted vital public consideration.
‘I am going to do something for Casey. I might go to extremes to guard my daughter and all my children. They imply the world to me,’ he stated.
Casey stated she felt she’d ‘hit the jackpot’ along with her relationship along with her truck driver dad.
‘He is the very best dad I may ever ask for,’ she stated.
‘He does every part for me. Teaches me tips on how to do stuff, I can go to him about something, once I need assistance, he is at all times there for me.’
However she beforehand stated she by no means anticipated the choice would trigger her beloved dad a lot grief.
‘I assumed it could be good to have a pleasant dream catcher on my ankle,’ she stated.
Brad Victory and his daughter Casey (pictured when she was a toddler) have at all times been extraordinarily shut
Casey stated she felt she’d ‘hit the jackpot’ along with her relationship along with her truck driver dad. ‘He is the very best dad I may ever ask for,’ she stated
The dream catcher symbolises good luck in Native American tradition and the picture had a big which means for {the teenager} on the time.
Mr Victory instructed this system he would not have agreed to the tattoo if he knew he would 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 quite a lot of grief,’ he stated.
‘Casey got here to me and requested me “dad, can I get a tattoo?” She stated: “I actually need a tattoo, I wish to put the previous behind me”,’ Mr Victory stated.
‘I’ve received tattoos, so I can not actually be a hypocrite.’
‘This isn’t frequent in any respect in a prison courtroom. This can be a matter between ex-husband, ex-wife,’ Sydney lawyer Sam Macedone stated.
To have a prison prosecution, the place one guardian offers consent to his daughter to get a tattoo – which is sort of authorized – then I do not perceive what that is all about.
‘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.’
