THE grieving dad of a young woman killed by banned diet pills this week flew 1,500 miles to hunt down the Ukrainian dealer who sold them.
Standing at the door of his grimy Breaking Bad-style drug factory, Shepelev, 31, replied: "I’m sorry, but I just wanted to make some money.""If I knew your daughter would [die] I would never sell her anything." He added: "It was just a business idea to buy Ukranian cheap stuff and sell it to the UK, just for money."
Animal welfare activist Beth suffered a heart attack after taking the pills containing dinitrophenol - or DNP. Beth paid £156.55 for the 24 pills produced in Shepelev's shabby one-bedroom flat in Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi.Doug ShipseyCompany director Mr Shipsey said of the confrontation: "I didn’t know how [Shepelev] would react – I though he might pull out an AK-47 and shoot me.
"I want to send a message to other dealers in death – we, the relatives of their victims, will come for them."An inquest last year found that Beth - who suffered from mental health problems - had intended to take her own life
I'm so sorry for your loss
If it was me I would have done the same except I would be carrying a 9mm