{"id":8999,"date":"2019-02-16T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T23:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8999"},"modified":"2019-04-12T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:49:34","slug":"consent-not-a-defence-court-tells-body-modification-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8999","title":{"rendered":"Consent not a defence, court tells body modification artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\">BioEdge<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Evil, a British body modification artist, has been found guilty of three counts of grievous bodily harm for tongue-splitting and nipple removal despite the fact that his clients consented to the procedures.                     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The argument put forward in court by Dr Evil, aka Brendan McCarthy, was strongly supported in the community. A petition with 13,400 signatures argued &#8220;for the right to express ourselves in whatever modified manner we wish in a safe environment&#8221;.                     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Judge Amjad Nawaz ruled that the kind of radical procedures in which Dr Evil specialised were not analogous to tattoos and piercings. . .[<a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/other002.aspx\">Full text]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioEdge Michael Cook Dr. Evil, a British body modification artist, has been found guilty of three counts of grievous bodily harm for tongue-splitting and nipple removal despite the fact that his clients consented to the procedures. The argument put forward in court by Dr Evil, aka Brendan McCarthy, was strongly supported in the community. 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