South London business owner fined £8,500 for selling cream which can cause ‘horrific’ burns

New Hair in Woolwich

(Picture: Greenwich Council)

A south London business owner has been fined more than £8,500 after selling a skin lightening cream which could cause severe burns.

Adetola Amao, the owner of New Hair London in Woolwich, was fined a total of £8,515.50 by Bexley Magistrates’ Court after she sold the illegal skin lightening cream to an undercover trading standards officer in the midst of lockdown.