Ink for Brains

In the running for dumbest criminals of 2012 are John Cole and Shailee Kingston of Ipswich, Australia:

An Ipswich couple who stole almost $18,000 in an armed robbery were caught after they celebrated their heist with a pair of matching tattoos. John Robert Cole, 30, and Shailee Jane Kingston, 19, both had each other's names tattooed on their skin - above wads of cash and with the words "Partner in Crime" emblazoned beneath.

The giveaway clues proved handy for detectives investigating the knife-point robbery at the Northcliffe Surf Club at Surfers Paradise. Police were put on Kingston's trail after the mother of one of her friends reported the teenager had been boasting about her crime on Facebook.

Look on the bright side, youngsters: you'll be afforded lots of time to round out your tat collections while in jail. And you'll both be somebody's bitch.