Ozan Melin found guilty of injecting women with fake Botox

Ozan Melin, 42, left three middle-aged clients in severe pain and with long-lasting damage after using an unknown 'extremely dangerous' substance on them, Bournemouth Crown Court heard.

Their faces puffed up so much they couldn't see, with one victim comparing herself to a hamster and another saying she looked like she had been in a fight and lost.

Poole resident Marcelle King, 62, had to be taken to A&E after going into anaphylactic shock following her treatment.

Carol Kingscott, 58, still has a dropped brow from her dodgy injections, and Jozette Sheppard, 46, was left with a permanent dent in her face.

A court heard Melin lied to the women about being medically-trained in America and Turkey and therefore acted recklessly by giving the women injections.

He denied the charges on the basis that the women had consented to the treatment. But a jury found him guilty of causing Mrs King and Ms Kingscott grievous bodily harm.

He was cleared of the same charge in relation to Mrs Sheppard as she could not be sure whether Melin told her he was medically-trained before she had the treatment.

Speaking after the verdict, Ms Kingscott said: "It's a relief he has been found guilty, I will feel better when he gets a long time to serve in prison, I hope.

"He's a very clever conman. He completely fooled me and I like to think of myself as quite savvy.

"I only had the treatment because I was going through a divorce and wanted to boost my confidence but it ended up doing the complete opposite."

"I'm annoyed I allowed myself to fall for it but by the time alarm bells were ringing there was nothing I could do about it, he had a needle in my face.

"I feel such a fool but I've learnt to live with how my face looks now."

Bournemouth Crown Court heard that Mrs Sheppard, a beautician, and her friend Ms Kingscott, had received treatment for their jowls and brows in November 2011.

The first treatment did not work and Melin agreed to give them a free top-up days later.

But after this second appointment both women's faces became hot and started to swell.

Ms Kingscott 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 her brow dropped. She said she grew her fringe long to hide her droopy forehead.

Mrs Sheppard said she could not eat, speak or smile properly for about six months afterwards and has been left with a permanent dent on her face.

Mrs King arranged an appointment at a beautician's home in Poole in 2013.

Her first treatment also didn't work and she went back for a free top-up. But that appointment saw her hospitalised, put on a drip and given steroids.

When Mrs King complained to Melin he told her 'no pain, no gain'.

She reported him to the police after receiving her £400 treatment in 2013 and an investigation led to Ms Kingscott and Mrs Sheppard coming forward with similar allegations.

A forensic plastic surgeon who examined the women said the substance they were injected with had "no Botox effect" and Melin had not got it from Allergan, the company that manufactures Botox.

Judge Brian Forster released Melin, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, on unconditional bail until a sentencing hearing in June but told him he was in a 'very serious position' and he could not give any indication what the sentence would be.