Tattooist fined £300 for leaving hairdresser with botched inking of Marilyn Monroe 'that looked like a blow up doll'

Siobhan Fields, 17, paid Dave Stewart of Intenze Tattoos to ink the design

The hairdresser was horrified at the results of the £50 tattoo



Miss Fields of Burnbank, Hamilton demanded a refund and called police when Mr Stewart refused to pay up

'It's hideous. It looks more like a blow-up doll,' Miss Fields says

Mr Stewart, now a taxi driver, fined £300 at Hamilton Sheriff Court

A tattooist was fined just £300 for inking this botched design of Marilyn Monroe onto the arm of a hairdresser.



Siobhan Fields, 17, p aid Dav e Stewar t of Intenze Tattoos to ink the ico nic movie sex symbol on her left arm.

She booked the session with Mr Stewart, 31, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, after being impressed with the designs on his company's Facebook page.

Botched job: Miss Fields holds the picture of Marilyn Monroe she wanted inking next to the actual design created by illegal tattooist Dave Stewart

Inking feeling: Miss Fields paid £50 for the image to be inked on her arm, pictured above, at her home

However, the final result was a far cry from what Miss Fields had requested.

With her dense curly hair and awkward pose, the figure looks nothing like the Some Like it Hot siren.



Miss Fields, of Burnbank, Hamilton, said Mr Stewart agreed to refund her money but then ignored her.

Hideous: Miss Fields has said the design looks more like a 'blow-up doll' than Marilyn Monroe

She later reported Mr Stewart to the police after claiming the design looked more like a blow-up doll.

He has now been fined for operating a tattoo business without a license but his not guilty plea to tattooing a min or at Hamilton Sheriff Court was accepted by prosecutors.

Today Miss Fields said she has endured months of laser treatment to have the image removed from her arm.

She said: 'I really can’t believe he’s been let off with a fine.

Like for like? Miss Fields' tattoo, left, looks nothing like the model and actress Monroe, right



'I’ve now had five sessions of tattoo removal to try and get rid of the mess he made.

'The sessions are extremely painful and very expensive, especially for a tattoo I paid only £50 for.



'The whole court process has been so unfair and unjust. He just clearly doesn’t care what he did and to be let off with a small fine isn’t going to really teach him anything.

Fined: Dave Stewart was fined £300 at Hamilton Sheriff Court for operating without a license

'Meanwhile I’m left with a hideous tattoo and face many more sessions to have it removed.'



Deputy Fiscal Sarah McCall told the court: 'On 7th November 2012 the accused was contacted and his services requested.

'The accused then attended the home address of the person requesting the tattoo and carried out the tattooing.

'The person was not particularly happy with the work carried out. After speaking with a few other people who also had had work carried out the police were contacted.'

The court was also told that Mr Stewart, who is now working as a taxi driver, had not paid for a £275 tattooing licence because he could not afford it.

He has now given up the trade and sold all his equipment.

Sheriff Ray Small said: 'If you were going to carry on this business you should have got a licence for it. You avoided paying the licence and saved yourself £275.'

Sheriff Small fined Mr Stewart £400, reduced to £300 because of the guilty plea.



After the judgement, Miss Fields said: 'A £300 fine is ridiculous considering that’s all he needed to pay for a licence in the first place.'