An Olympic rugby star has heartbreakingly recalled how she was sectioned after an extremely rare illness was mistaken by doctors for a psychotic breakdown.
Team GB sevens player Abi Burton had agonisingly missed out on bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and was eyeing a gold medal with England at last year's home Commonwealth Games.
But the 22-year-old was instead forced to face the most horrific of traumas as she was hospitalised with autoimmune encephalitis, a disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain.
