Wants job. Has massive facial tattoo. Has twice rejected offers to have it removed at no cost. Says it's part of who he is.
He was locked up in 2015, aged 17, for aggravated robbery, after he and a friend pulled a knife on a tourist in Nelson ...
aggravated robbery, escaping custody, assault with a weapon, intentional damage, breach of community work and theft ... in and out of state-supported Child Youth and Family care (CYF) since the age of 6, and kicked out of school aged 11 ... I grew up with drugs and alcohol around, and became a criminal ...
I agree that the tattoo is holding him back, but it's FAR from his only problem.
At first I saw what could be a Maori-like tattoo, only to see "devast8."
I couldn't figure out what the tattoo said from the picture. I had to read the article, and then it still took me a minute to figure out what DEVAST8 could possibly mean.