Charlatan who disfigured two women with fake Botox injections jailed for four years

A BOGUS cosmetic surgeon who inflicted grievous bodily harm on two female clients by injecting them with fake Botox was yesterday jailed for four years.

Ozan Melin, 42, left the women in severe pain and with long-lasting damage to their faces after using an “unknown and extremely dangerous substance” on them, Bournemouth Crown Court heard. Marcelle King and Carol Kingscott’s faces puffed up so much they could not see and Mrs King, 62, had to go to a hospital after suffering a reaction similar to anaphylactic shock.

Mrs King said she thought she was going to die and Ms Kingscott, 57, said she considered suicide because of the disfigurement. Melin, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, denied the charges, but a jury found him guilty.

The court heard Ms Kingscott had received treatment in November 2011 at a salon in Bristol. The first treatment did not work and Melin agreed to give her a free top-up days later.

But after this second appointment her face became hot and started to swell. She said she looked like she had been “in a fight and lost” after her face became so bruised and swollen she barely recognised herself in the mirror.

She said part of her face remained frozen for a year afterwards and could not look in a mirror without crying and said her face upset her grandchildren.

In 2013 Mrs King arranged an appointment at a beautician’s home in Poole, Dorset. She also went back for a free top-up after the first treatment didn’t work. After she went into shock, she had to be put on a drip in hospital and given steroids. She suffered fatigue for months after the incident and is still suffering long-term effects.

Simon Jones, prosecuting, said neither woman would have agreed to the treatment if they had known he was not medically trained but his company website, Smooth Face Botox, stated he had medical qualifications.

Mr Jones said: “Melin is not a doctor, nor is he medically qualified. He knew he should not be doing this.”

Mary-ruth Johnson, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “His actions have left both victims with permanent physical and psychological injuries.”