A FORMER Stourbridge nurse who was suspended from the register has become the subject of a BBC investigation into unlicensed Botox injections.

James Kearsey, who advertises his services via Facebook on the page Estetica Cosmetics, will be featured on tonight’s Inside Out (West Midlands) programme as part of an expose into the illegal Botox trade.

Mr Kearsey was suspended in November 2015 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after hiding a conviction for assault from his bosses at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley.

The suspension means it is illegal for him to prescribe medicine (which includes Botox) but programme-makers claim Mr Kearsey agreed to a consultation at his Stourbridge home where he is alleged to have told a BBC reporter he was a nurse consultant and that he makes thousands of pounds training others.

He is reported to have sterilised the reporter’s forehead and made preparations to inject her before she told him she felt sick and left – the BBC claims in a programme-plug on its website.

A spokesman for the NMC said in response to calls about the TV investigation: "As Mr Kearsey is currently temporarily suspended from the register, he should not be undertaking any activity that would be done by a registered nurse, including prescribing medicines."

As Botox is a prescription-only drug, it can only be prescribed by a doctor, dentist or nurse in a specific patient's name.

It is not, however, illegal for an untrained person to inject Botox.

The Inside Out investigation can be seen on BBC1 tonight (Monday) at 7.30pm or afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.