You wouldn’t expect the man who once inked punk rock legends and later fixed leaky pipes at Buckingham Palace to end up in the middle of a bitter courtroom fight—but here we are.
Dennis Cockell, a tattoo legend turned royal handyman, left behind more than just stories when he passed away in 2022.
He left behind a six-figure estate—and a long-lost daughter no one in his family knew about.
Now, what should’ve been a quiet winding down of his affairs has turned into a legal tug-of-war between his widow and a woman from Australia claiming to be his secret child.
A Widow, a Secret Daughter, and a £413,000 Inheritance
Dennis Cockell passed away at age 74, leaving behind £413,000.
His wife, Fong Yuet Cockell, who had five children with him, believed she was the sole heir.
That was until a woman named Cindylee Cockell stepped forward with DNA proof that she was Dennis’s daughter from a previous relationship.
Cindylee, 57, who lives in Sydney, filed a legal claim asking for a share of her late father’s estate.
Her argument? The grief of losing both her parents in quick succession has left her too emotionally and mentally drained to work.
Cindylee’s Story and Her Request
According to Cindylee, Dennis had made promises to support her financially and had even planned for her to move to London to work as a receptionist at one of his tattoo studios.
But with both her parents now gone, she says she’s battling depression and anxiety so severe that she’s unable to work.
She’s now asking for £42,500 plus one of her father’s original tattoo flash artworks—pieces that can be worth thousands on the collectors’ market.
The Widow Pushes Back
But Dennis’s widow, Fong, isn’t accepting the claim quietly.
Her legal team argues that Cindylee was never financially dependent on Dennis and had only visited him a few times in her life.
They say she’s capable of working and that
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