A MAN that supplied a Hull beauty company with fake human hair extensions has been prosecuted.

The fake products only came to light after a student used hair straighteners on her extensions and they melted.

They could have potentially caused burns to her face and head.

The fake hair extensions were supplied by Manchester company Eve International to Gorgeous Hair and Beauty in Carr Lane, city centre, as "100 per cent human hair".

But Gorgeous Hair and Beauty has not been prosecuted as it was unaware the product was fake.

Now Trading Standards officer Chris Wilson is warning there could be other victims out there.

He said: "The hair was made up of polyester and could melt or burn near heat.There was a great risk that this girl could have been burnt. There are maybe other people out there with these in and they are dangerous."

When the victim's hair melted she contacted Gorgeous Hair and Beauty four times to ask for her money back last April and they refused, as they had been assured by Eve International that it was real hair.

She then contacted Hull Trading Standards who made a test purchase of hair extensions from the salon on April 8 last year.

The hair extensions, which cost between £25 and £30, were sent off to a lab to be tested and were found to contain on average only 40 per cent human hair and 60 per cent polyester.

The owner of Eve International, Mujtaba Hussain Shah, 28, has pleaded guilty to breaching four trade descriptions laws by selling products with misleading information.

He has been fined £600 and ordered to pay £1,400 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Chairman of the bench at Hull Magistrates' Court Lesley Duggan said: "We have taken into account everything that has been said. We will fine you £150 on each of the four offences and you will pay £1,400 contribution towards costs."

Shar, who was described by his solicitor as "naive" told the court he had bought 700 of the products from a company in China who had sent him a sample that was human hair and sent him a certificate claiming it was human hair.

The owner of Gorgeous Hair and Beauty, Imran Sadir, has criticised the sentence.

He said: "The fine is too small. He was selling this hair to everybody saying it was human hair. The packaging said '100 per cent human hair' and we believed him. He must have made thousands and they have believed his sob story.

"We do not deal with him any more or sell his goods."