BBL 'Lip King' was banned from performing operations in two UK areas before woman's death

BBL 'Lip King' was banned from performing operations in two UK areas before woman's death It has been revealed that 'Lip King' Jordan Parke was previously banned in two parts of England from carrying out the liquid BBL procedure - which later resulted in the death of Alice Webb A cosmetic practitioner dubbed the 'Lip King' had been banned from carrying out liquid BBL procedures in two parts of England before the death of a mum-of-five. Jordan Parke was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after Alice Webb, 33, died in September 2024 after becoming unwell following a liquid Brazilian Butt Lift procedure in Gloucester. Parke, 34, was never charged and the criminal investigation was closed after he died in February. He was found dead in a hotel on February 18 after police said they believed he had undergone an unrelated cosmetic procedure. The BBC has now revealed Parke faced enforcement action in Dudley and Greater Manchester before treating Alice in 2024. Concerns about his practice were first raised in Dudley in 2019, before Dudley Council issued a prohibition order in 2023 preventing him from carrying out liquid BBL procedures in the area. A second prohibition order was issued in Salford in February 2024. However, the local bans did not prevent him from continuing to work elsewhere. Alice’s former partner, Ben Kingcote, said he believed he should have been banned nationally. He told the BBC: “The agencies in Dudley and Salford issued him with prohibition orders. He was prohibited from doing this in those parts of the country but that didn’t stop him from moving down here to Gloucester. If a procedure is dangerous in one part of the country it’s dangerous in all parts of the country.” Ben also described the pain of telling Alice’s children about their mother’s death. He said: “You think about it all the time. It never goes away. But Alice should be here to see the achievements they’re making. She would be so proud. My daughter’s mum should still be here - Alice should still be here.” Ben believes things may have been different had Alice known about the previous enforcement action. He said :"If Alice had known about these prohibition orders she wouldn’t have had it done. Her kids were everything to her. She adored her kids. She wouldn’t have done something that would have jeopardised that.” The 'Lip King' had also been accused of illegally selling prescription-only weight-loss injections on social media since 2023. One woman told the BBC she ended up in A&E vomiting blood after taking drugs supplied by him. Parke continued selling the injections while the investigation into Alice’s death was ongoing. Police said selling weight-loss drugs without a prescription would not have breached his bail conditions. 'Lip King' had previously appeared on the US television series Botched, where he said he had spent more than £130,000 on cosmetic surgery. He also said he had undergone around 50 procedures, including upper-eyelid surgery, a lip lift, a chin implant and several rounds of liposuction. Alice was the first person in the UK to die following a liquid BBL procedure. Patient safety organisation Save Face has warned of an increase in serious complications linked to the treatment, including sepsis, infections and abscesses requiring hospital care. The organisation has called for liquid BBLs to be banned outside regulated medical settings. Save Face co-director Ashton Collins said: “Since 2023 we have been campaigning for a national law that would make it illegal for anyone other than a GMC-registered plastic surgeon to carry out liquid BBLs and other high-risk body contouring procedures. “Our proposal is simple: a clear, nationwide offence that applies to all providers, not piecemeal local action. We warned government repeatedly that without such legislation someone would die. In 2024 that prediction became a reality when Alice Webb tragically and needlessly lost her life.” The Government has since announced plans that would mean only qualified healthcare professionals could carry out high-risk cosmetic procedures such as non-surgical BBLs. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “We are taking action to crack down on cosmetic cowboys and root out dangerous practices."