23:52 EDT, 9 March 2021
A heavily tattooed man with 'death before dishonour' marked on his stomach and his friend who sparked a pub brawl during a birthday party which left a man unconscious were offended after overhearing a joke about neck ink.
Cameron Fox, 24, and Brayden Downie, 24, repeatedly slapped and punched the victim at the Delaney Hotel on Darby St, Cooks Hill in Newcastle at about 7.30pm on June 13, 2020.
The victim was with family and friends when someone made 'a comment in jest' about neck tattoos, court documents revealed.
Fox, who has roses tattooed on his neck, and snakes, skulls and a gun on his body, and Downie had been drinking at a nearby table and overheard the joke.