https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/crime/repulsive-men-who-tattooed-nonce-three-times-on-vulnerable-mans-head-avoid-jail-because-victim-sold-his-story-to-the-sun-for-ps100-4598095
tl;dr
Edward Murray is a man with learning difficulties who has led a life of petty crime. He was contacted by three men whom he knew with the offer of £1000 cash, to take responsibility for crashing a car which they had stolen. When he arrived at their house, he was given drugs, and they cut his hair n order that they could tattoo his forehead.
> Videos were shown to the court of the men laughing as they tattooed the word ‘nonce’ in thick black lettering in the middle of his forehead using a neighbour’s tattoo gun. Underneath the word was a cartoon penis and testicles.
> There was also footage of the men tattooing ‘I am a nonce’ on the back of Mr Murray’s head and ‘nonce’ on the back of his neck. He also had a penis and testicles tattooed onto his arm as well as the word ‘Liam’.
> Mr Murray said he went to the toilet and saw the state of his head. He said he was then bashed on the back of his head by one of the men but managed to seek refuge with a neighbour who phoned him a taxi.
> Recorder Shamim Qureshi said that he wouldn’t send the perpetrators to prison because Mr Murray had sold his story for £100 to The Sun back in 2020. He said because Mr Murray had sought publicity and had continued his life of petty crime, he hadn’t suffered permanent damage that had a long term effect on his ability to carry out his normal day to day activities.
None of the three offenders, who all have long criminal histories, were sent to prison.