The family of Gloucestershire mum Alice Webb, who died on September 24 last year aged just 33 after a botched Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedure has slammed evidence from investigations that showed the same man at the centre of the fatal incident is engaged in the illegal sale of weight loss jabs.

Jordan James Parke, who is known as the "Lip King" is claimed to be selling the jabs online, despite being on bail after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter last September after the BBL non-surgical procedure went badly wrong. The procedure was carried out at Studio 23, a residential address on Sandhurst Lane in Kingsholm.

The family of the mother-of-five who live in Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, said they were "incredibly angry" that Mr Parke, who is yet to face any charge over the tragedy, was found to be selling weight loss jabs online while on police bail.

Alice died at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital within 24 hours of having the BBL and the tragic outcome is believed to mark the first fatality in the UK as a result of a BBL procedure.

After a woman contacted the broadcaster in 2023 claiming to have been hospitalised by products for weight loss from Mr Parke, the BBC said it approached Mr Parke for a trial purchase.

It said: "While it appears Mr Parke is not currently offering BBLs, our investigation has uncovered that he is still operating in the cosmetics industry."

The BBC paid £200 to the man after an Instagram chat, and received instructions-free mixing agents, needles and white powder which was independently confirmed to be semaglutide, the key component of Wegovy and Ozempic, which can only be prescribed by a medical professional. The broadcaster also collated evidence of Mr Parke selling the jabs online.

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Conclusive evidence showed Mr Parke was illegally selling prescription-only weight-loss jabs on social media, the BBC added.

In August this year, the Department of Health and Social Care announced tighter measures to combat risky cosmetic procedues, which ruled that:

● Only "suitably qualified" health workers could deliver high-risk procedures.

● Workers must be working in a setting regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

● All clinics offering Botox and fillers would need to be licensed

● Fines and sanctions will be used for anyone breaking the rules on high-risk procedures.

But in the wake of this new evidence, the professional reigster database Save Face, which campaigns alongside Alice Webb's family, say too little is being done too slowly.

Saving Face, as a government approved entity that connects people who value their health and appearance with a practitioner they can trust, launched a campaign with the Webb family calling for liquid BBL procedures to be banned from all high street beauty clinics.

Save Face said: "This awful tragedy should never have been allowed to happen, it could and should have been prevented."

It added: "We warned that these procedures are a crisis waiting to happen. In our call to the government, we made it abundantly clear that unless urgent action was taken, it would only be a matter of time until someone died."

To date, Save Face said it has supported nearly 600 individuals who have suffered devastating complications from procedures falsely advertised as being risk-free.

"All of these cases were performed by practitioners lacking any healthcare experience, operating in unsuitable and unsterile environments, often using unlicensed products. Alarmingly, more than 52% of individuals we assisted have contracted sepsis, and over 39% required corrective surgery—many were told at the hospital that they might not survive."

Gloucestershire police said it is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding Alice Webb's death and that as the first reported BBL fatality, there were "numerous complexities" to examine.

● The second person arrested last year in connection with Alice Webb's death is no longer facing any charges.