A Brazilian teen who has 'I am a thief and an idiot' tattooed across his forehead has been arrested for shoplifting.
18-year-old Ruan Rocha da Silva, who was forcibly tattooed last year, was allegedly caught stealing five cans of deodorant from a supermarket and arrested by Military Police in the Maripora area of Sao Paulo.
It comes just one year after Silva made headlines when two men were arrested for tattooing him as punishment for allegedly attempting to steal a bike.
The teenager, who according to his family struggles with mental illness and drug abuse, has always denied the accusation and maintains that he just bumped into the bike while drunk and knocked it over.
Tattoo artist Maycon Wesley Carvalho, 27, and neighbour Ronildo Moreira de Aruajo, 29, heard about the alleged theft in their neighbourhood and decided to teach a lesson to Silva, who they believed to be the culprit.
The pair rented a room in a boarding house, tied the boy to a chair and forced Silva to have the words 'I am a thief and an idiot' tattooed onto his forehead.
After the incident, Silva went missing for several days. His family contacted the police after recognising him in the viral video.
His uncle told G1 Brasil: "He's very well-liked in the neighbourhood and many people started looking for him, they came to tell us where he was and his friends went to pick him up, and now he's at his grandmother's house, resting."
The pair were both found guilty of torture by a judge, with Carvalho given a sentence of three years and four months in prison and Aruajo three years and five months.
They were caught after filming themselves tattooing the teenager and then sending the clip to friends.
In the video, Carvalho can be heard saying: "It is going to hurt, it is going to hurt."
This time, Silva was taken into custody after a shop assistant allegedly caught him stealing deodorant.
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He was arrested for stealing but he was released after paying the £213 GBP (1,000 BRL) bail and is awaiting trial.
A cousin of the alleged thief told reporters that Silva's shoplifting was down to a relapse into drug use.
Silva' lawyers had told the judge in the tattoo case that Silva had been addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol and was receiving treatment.
According to local media, Silva attended a rehab centre in Sao Paulo earlier this year.
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