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A darts fan checked out of a studio with a Bullseye tattoo – then discovered its host Jim Bowen had died halfway through.

Wendy McKenna’s friends and family had been on at her for years to have an inking of an ex-boyfriend’s name on her forearm covered up.

The 33-year-old joinery student from Govan, Glasgow, made an appointment at the city’s Archangel 1608 studio.

The darts player arrived on Wednesday morning knowing she wanted a tattoo to ­celebrate her hobby.

Browsing through artwork by tattooist David McKinlay she spotted one of Bully – the mascot from the much-loved 80s game show hosted by comedian Bowen.

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Wendy said: “I was going to get a dartboard with my name going through it but when I saw the Bully one I said, ‘I want that’.

“I used to play darts for a local ladies team and love watching the old Bullseye programmes on TV.

“When I went for ­something to eat after it was finished, I saw on Facebook that Jim Bowen had died.

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“I must have been in the middle of getting my tattoo when he passed away – it was scary.”

Wendy is glad to have rid herself of the name of her ex, Thomas, three years after she had the tattoo done.

She said: “I have two ­children who are seven and 10 and they asked me once about the name tattoo and I made up a story about Thomas the Tank Engine.”