A man who was dumped by his wife after getting a large penis tattooed on his thigh has had the inking removed in a bid to win her back.

Stuart Valentino, 34, hit headlines earlier this month – after he drunkenly etched himself with the 6.5 inch design, using a tattoo gun that wife Samantha had purchased as a Christmas present.

But she failed to see the funny side, and left her husband after claiming that the tattoo was the culmination of a long-running series of pranks that she had been subjected to.

Now, Stuart has undergone laser surgery at a clinic in Portsmouth in the hope that it will win back his wife.