SW19 ‘poisoning’ investigated

Police are investigating the possibility that a British tennis player was deliberately poisoned during Wimbledon earlier this summer.

18-year-old Gabriella Taylor was forced to withdraw from her girls’ quarter-final after contracting a mystery illness midway through her match.

Taylor spent four days in intensive care before being diagnosed with a rare strain of Leptospirois – a bacteria that is most commonly transmitted by rat urine.  

Speculation has surrounded the possible source of the bacteria and police are yet to rule out the possibility of sabotage after launching an investigation into the teen’s illness.

Taylor’s mother, Milena, explained the severity of her daughter’s condition after contracting the bacteria in …

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