Ex-top cop's heart jeopardy discovered by show medics

THE former senior detective who was banished from The Traitors last week has told how being selected for the show potentially saved her life.

- BY NICOLA METHVEN

Amanda Collier, a former Det Chief Insp with the Metropolitan Police, was given the routine medical check provided for contestants before taking part - and told she had a worrying heart condition.

The retired cop, from Brighton, said she was diagnosed with "quite serious heart disease" after she had a CT scan.

The 57-year-old said the problem runs in her family and she was thankful to the programme makers, saying that without the due diligence of the production team she would never have known the extent of the danger she was in.