£2500 fine for telling woman ‘we don’t tattoo people like you’

A 24-year-old woman has won £2,500 in compensation from a Blackpool tattoo parlour which refused to give her a tattoo because she is disabled.

Rachael Monk, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, was on holiday with her family in the resort when they visited Body Creation, Hull Street, where Rachael wanted to have a tattoo of a fairy on her arm.

Preston County Court heard that owner, Jordan Dean, turned to the family and said: "We don't do people like that."



When they tried to reason with him, he telephoned his father, claiming that he was his boss.

The father came to the shop and according to the judge, adopted an "old-fashioned and highly discriminatory attitude" and offered "gratuitous insults", which continued on to the street after the family left the building.

At the hearing on Monday, Ms Monk was awarded £1000 for injury to feelings and £1500 for aggravated damages. Mr Dean must also pay £300 court costs.