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Guinness World Records has learnt with great sadness of the passing of Isobel Varley, world record holder for Most tattooed senior citizen (female), who died yesterday at the age of 78. An iconic figure within the body modification
community, Isobel had an incredible 93 per cent of her body covered with tattoos. Born in Yorkshire (UK) before eventually moving to the south of England as a youngster, Isobel was surprisingly something of a latecomer to body art, having had her first tattoo when she was in her late 40s.

A visit to a tattoo convention at London’s Hammersmith Palais in 1986 saw her go under the needle for the first time, kicking off an obsession which saw her have an incredible 200 pieces of body art inked over a ten-year period. During that time Isobel estimated she spent over 500 hours having her body decorated. Explaining how her interest in body decorations developed, Isobel said: “Originally, I was only ever going to have one - a small bird - but I fell in love with it, and developed an addiction.' “The only areas not completely tattooed is my face, the soles of my feet my ears and some area on my hands."
A regular at tattoo conventions around the world, she entered her first competition in 1989 "for a tattoo on my back., but that's when I first heard of the "full bodysuit" category" Isobel’s record was confirmed during an appearance on Italian TV programme Lo Show dei Record, back in April 2009. The clip below shows an appearance Isobel made on UK TV show Guinness World Records back in 1999 when just 72 per cent of her body was covered in tattoos.

Despite her numerous pieces of body decoration, Isobel drew the line at having her face completely tattooed. 'I want people to be able to see what I look like,' she explained. Isobel’s death was confirmed on her Facebook
page yesterday by her family, who have invited followers to share their experiences and photographs with her on the page as a tribute.


Copyright: guinnessworldrecord.com


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Lordave:
Get out of that house before weekend if you can shelter and care for yourself comfortably









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bellong:
So she owns her mum to control what her mum should do with her life?
She better get herself together and accept the fact that her parents want another kid. It is none of her business in as much as they are not lacking in their parental responsibilities to her.
Children of these days with their too much entitlement mentality.

vfactor:
Are they asking her for money to train her Siblings? How is that her problem? Except for medical reasons She should mind her business and accept things She can't change

Royver:
She's being extremely childish.
So her mum should stop living because she doesn't like it.
Pls I try not to be rude while making comments. Let me take my leave.

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Utchgirl:
@ Op,in d 1st place,hw did he knw he has a father?

(2)who does he knw 2 be his father?

Since u said he wz born deaf,dumb,blind n lame plz help me ansa al dis 1st.

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yusufu16:
Biologically speaking any body born with brain knows he has parent it does not matter whether u don't have eyes, ear etc.

This is a lie. We begin to learn things as we grow & see how close/intimate they are, to us....it is never known by default.

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Rape & different form of abuses.

sammyyoung2:
who was counting d rounds

uuuhhmmm...let me ask ifa...Perhaps it's a question for the gods.

DIIGZ:
Omg! What a world!

My Brother, that is what people have to battle with, everyday.

netsurf:
fear of some ladies here sef don catch me...
truth be told, some ladies here wouldn't last 2 weeks in a marriage.

This got me laffin

Fourteen-year-old Jane (not real name) stared at her
feet as she recounted her four-year ordeal in the
hands of a neighbour, Felix Emmanuel, an Edo State
indigene, who took advantage of her innocence.
At 14, she explained that if she knew that the threats
that had kept her quiet from disclosing what she was
going through were mere lies, she would have told her
mother about what was happening to her before it
went on for too long.
Fair-complexioned with sadness clearly showing in her
eyes, there was no doubt that Jane had suffered, in
silence, as her single mother was none the wiser about
the regular sexual abuse her daughter was being
subjected to.
“He (Emmanuel) first raped me in 2011 when I was 10
years old. He brought out a calabash with cowries in it
and told me that if I told anybody, I would die within
24 hours,” she told our correspondent, sobbing.
Her mother comforted her and urged her on.
Jane has lost her father but care for the family fell on
her struggling mother, Margaret, who also regretted
that she did not notice the abuse her daughter was
subjected to over the last four years.
Jane, a senior secondary year one student, lives in the
same compound with Emmanuel, a 28-year-old
unemployed secondary school drop-out, in Egbeda
area of Lagos.
The girl told Saturday PUNCH, “The first time he raped
me, my mother sent me on errand. I was passing by his
room on my way back when he called me.
“I did not know what he wanted from me, but I
answered him. But as soon as I stepped in the door, he
covered my mouth and dragged me to an unoccupied
room in the building.
“I noticed that there was another person inside the
room – Jerome – who I knew as a friend to Emmanuel.
“Jerome pinned me down and covered my mouth and
Emmanuel raped me in the room. When he was done,
he gave me a handkerchief to clean up the blood that
was coming out from my body.
“He demanded for the handkerchief but I did not give
it back to him because I did not know what he wanted
it for. When I was about to leave the room, that was
when he brought out the calabash, threatened and
warned me not to ever tell anybody what happened.”
But unknown to Jane, that was just the beginning of a
series of sexual abuses in the hand of Emmanuel, an
act that would later escalate to the point where he
started to invite his friends over to partake in the orgy.
Over the next two years, Jane had changed a lot and
she became erratic in the house.
Margaret said, “When I noticed the way she changed, I
asked if anybody was molesting her, but she said no. I
thought maybe she needed a change of environment,
so, I sent her to live with my sister in Ghana in
November 2013.
“But when she got to Ghana, she started to misbehave
again. My sister was curious and one day asked if she
was still a virgin. She (Jane) refused to answer. But she
later took her for a test and confirmed that she had
been sexually active.
“When my sister asked her who defiled her, she told
her it was our neighbour but I could not confront him
even though I saw him everyday. I simply did not
know what to do because I thought if I made it a
police issue, I might not be able to afford the cost that
may come with that.”
Saturday PUNCH learnt that Jane was later returned to
Nigeria in October 2014 but as soon as she got back,
she caught the eyes of Emmanuel and her cohorts
again.
Jane said, “When I got back to Nigeria, I decided to
stay clear of Emmanuel, I was afraid and tried to avoid
him. But one day, I was sent on errand and he told me
to help drop some tubers of yam for his mother along
the way, while I waited outside to collect the yam, he
dragged me into his room.
“That day, Emmanuel and three friends of his – Ayo,
Felix, Mugambo – took turns to rape me. Some days
after that, he also took me to his room, he raped me
six times. When I fainted, he splashed water on me to
revive me. Sometimes, he used condom, sometimes, he
did not. I just want him to go to jail for what he did to
me.”
Jane said Emmanuel always referred to the calabash in
his room anytime she protested.
Jane’s mother who said she did not understand that
there may be a connection with the sexual abuse her
daughter had suffered and her erratic behaviour,
always beat the girl until the Esther Child Rights
Foundation was notified.
Executive Director of the foundation, Esther Ogwu,
said she was notified about the abuse of the child but
only learnt of the series of sexual abuses the girl had
been subjected to over the years when she interviewed
her.
Ogwu said, “The girl has suffered so much. But the
mother did not see this, she only saw a girl that was
misbehaving. It is absolutely wrong to beat a child that
has suffered sexual abuses because that is not the
solution.
“The first step we took was to take the girl to the
hospital for test. The doctors confirmed that the girl
had been sexually assaulted on multiple cases. The
scary part was that she had contracted so much
infections that we had to ensure that was treated
urgently.
“We later got the police involved and we are happy
that action was taken on the issue.”
Emmanuel was arrested and transferred to the
Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba Lagos.
He has since been arraigned at the Family Court 6,
Ikeja, Lagos on charges of defilement and sexual abuse.
He was granted N200,000 bail.
Ogwu said Jane’s mother has a share in the blame of
what her daughter went through.
“Any mother who is close to her daughter and is
observant should be able to tell if she is being abused
over such a long period of time. Many parents are
simply not doing enough to secure their female
children against sexual predators,” she said.



Copyright PUNCH.

easymanofdpeopl

@Op, u deserve a thousand likes for this post. How mmany young folks can recognise all these?

d sandal, dat OLYMPIC book, the currencies.....KUDOS

Am not teaching u lies but they should try to understand. You can tell them something like, u ar always busy with worl & once in a while u can just check on them.

Because, for a Nigeria setting, if u keep going there too often, one day (unconsciously) they 'll start taking u for granted and that dignity as d reputable son-inlaw begin to deteriorate, simply because ur face is no more becoming new to them.

This is terrible. Can't imagine how hopeless she would be when she saw d caretaker's dead body.

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[size=32pt]USELESS.[/size]

Just hold on a bit, God will send help.

okpamson15:
U see yourself in hell fire crying beging God to 4give u and give u a second chance. Then sudenly wake up and discover that it was just a DREAM.

Baba, u ar so on point, in fact, what other feeling could be better than this?

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The feelings are different.
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Heya, this is so touching.
It is well with the souls of the forgotten ones.

LMAO

9jatatafo:
BRILLIANT Student and I hereby present you the Nairaland Genius Award for 2015. You have become NAIRALAND ambassador

FOR UR MIND

rabbuy:
. Maybe she's tryin to say he is broke... ... Who knows

How does it correlate?

remember007:
could someone please explain to me what it means "to not have an attention"?

am coming back to tell you.

lovely17:
He claims not to be able to erect? fine just go and fetch an olosho let him strip and she will perform for him then we will know if he has an ere*ction shameless nonsense

EXACTLY, my point. I wonder how Mr. Victor would react when given a Mouth Action. Then we would know how far...

dapipson:
WAITING TO SEE HOW SOMEBODY WILL CALL FOR JONATHAN'S HEAD ON THIS

abi oooooo, coz it's like Jonathan is being blamed for every mishap.

Burger01:
Your husband no longer have what! Madam, abeg

Don't mind the woman & d funniest thing is dat the husband nodded when she said it...meaning that d wife was just devicing a means to cover up.

#mtcheeewww

kilode100:
The husband does not have attention? Can someone explain?

Some Romancelanders will explain to you better.