Columbus - An inmate accused of tattooing a slain ten-year-old girl's name onto her killer's forehead in prison says the man submitted willingly to avoid further abuse.
Twenty-two-year-old Jack Harris has been charged with battery for tattooing "KATIE'S REVENGE" across Anthony Ray Stockelman's forehead.
Harris is a cousin of Katlyn "Katie" Collman, the Crothersville fourth-grader whom Stockelman was convicted of killing.
Harris testified in a hearing Thursday in Columbus that other prisoners attacked Stockelman at Harris' request and because of his crimes.
The judge denied Harris' request for a reduced sentence on his burglary charge. Seven years was added to his sentence following the tattoo attack.
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