Gym boss jailed for supplying illegal fat-burning pills

Two of those given pills by Jamie George needed hospital treatment

A gym boss has been jailed for more than three years for supplying potentially deadly fat-burning pills.

Jamie George was selling thousands of capsules – commonly known as DNP – in “a significant manufacturing operation” from his garden shed in Denny.

This is the first conviction involving the supply of the substance in Scotland. The highly toxic chemical, often used by bodybuilders to shed weight, is believed to have killed 33 people in the UK.

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