Don't go for cheaper jabs ...we beg you

GRIEVING daughters say their mum "just wanted her old self back" when she opted for a black market weight loss jab - only to die in agony a few days later.

- BY LUCY THORNTON

Now Abbie and Ffion McGonigal are urging others not to make the same mistake as Karen. The 53-year-old died in May after being allegedly illegally injected with semaglutide.

Five months after losing their mum, the sisters have chosen to speak out to warn others of the dangers.

Ffion said she would “beg on hands and knees” for others not to risk it.

Abbie told ITV News: “If this saves another person going through what we feel - then we've done enough.

“The outcome is devastating. It’s heartbreaking and it's really, really not worth it.”

In the months before her death, Karen had been struggling with her mental health and was desperate to lose weight.

Her daughters said her self-esteem suffered when a long-term relationship ended and she felt that being overweight was “ruining her life”.

Abbie said: “She didn’t feel happy in herself, she didn't want to go out anywhere.

“I think she just wanted her old self back.”