Archive for October, 2006


Flower tattoos - Tattoos move from societys margins to mainstream 


London, Oct 8: Thirty or forty years ago, those who had tattoos engraved on their bodies were usually sailors, truck drivers or bikers.

‘They took everything and nothing happened’ 
A Bedfordview beautician continues to be haunted by her gang-rape ordeal at the hands of two policement - and her belief that it was never properly investigated.

The trauma of living with scars of sexual assault 
The flower tattoos on her wrists cover the scars that were left after her hands were bound tightly by the policemen who raped her. But, while her physical wounds are hidden, Laeticia* can’t escape her mental scars.

Tattoos move from society’s margins to the mainstream 
Thirty or forty years ago, those who had tattoos engraved on their bodies were usually sailors, truck drivers or bikers.

The trauma of living with scars of sexual assault (Flower tattoos)


Star - The flower tattoos on her wrists cover the scars that were left after her hands were bound tightly by the policemen who raped her. But, while her physical wounds are hidden, Laeticia* can’t escape her mental scars. The Bedfordview beautician





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