Kelly Lynn Miller, a fugitive DUI killer who fled to Thailand from America to dodge her prison sentence. She is pictured here  in 2004 . The mother of Australian Brodie Smith, who died after taking a 'miracle' drug addiction cure in Thailand, has claimed the American woman who has been arrested by Thai police worked at the treatment centre that's accountable for her son's death. Diane Tucker says 36-year-old Kelly Lynn Miller, a fugitive DUI killer who fled to Thailand from America to dodge her prison sentence, helped run the centre which provides Ibogaine on Ko Phangan - an island in the Gulf of Thailand, Andrew Drummond reports . Ms Tucker further alleges that Miller, who was reportedly an exotic dancer from Alabama, treated her 33-year-old son and girlfriend Kara Spark last year. Ms Spark also claimed her boyfriend died after taking Ibogaine, which is an African plant with hallucinogenic properties - to 'cure' a drug addiction. According to Ms Spark, Mr Smith said he stopped breathing minutes after he took the drug. But the centre where he was receiving treatment claims he was never administered Ibogaine. Brodie Smith, from Mandurah, died on Ko Phangan - an island in the Gulf of Thailand - as his girlfriend, Kara Spark, watched helplessly as he stopped breathing . Miller admitted drunkenly smashing her car into a truck being driven by Donald Goodwin, 57, killing him instantly - but dodged her prison sentence by fleeing to Thailand . The 36-year-old fugitive was pictured topping up her lip gloss at a press conference after being hauled in front of the media following her six-year flight from justice in Thailand . Local outlet Phuket News pictured her looking nonchalant and resting her head on her hands at the event . Miller admitted drunkenly smashing her car into a truck being driven by Donald Goodwin, 57, killing him instantly - but avoided her prison sentence by fleeing to Thailand. She had pleaded guilty to a charge on vehicular homicide following the 2004 crash in Hoover, Alabama - but flew to the tropical country while on bail, and had been hiding there until Thai authorities tracked her down. Miller was hauled in front of the media by police in Phuket this week. But rather than showing contrition in front of the cameras, she took a moment to put her make-up in order. Local outlet Phuket News pictured her looking nonchalant and resting her head on her hands at the event. This comes after reports that Brodie Smith died a day after he told his girlfriend he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. But before he could propose, the West Australian man died while on a trip to take Ibogaine - a 'miracle' cure for his drug addiction, reportedly ice, derived from an African plant that tribes use as a hallucinogen. Mr Smith died on Ko Phangan - an island in the Gulf of Thailand - as his girlfriend, Kara Spark, watched helplessly as he stopped breathing, the Sydney Morning Herald reported in December. They were in Thailand to get treatment for Mr Smith's drug addiction and were planning the rest of their lives together. Just 24 hours before he died, the man from Mandurah, Western Australia, told Ms Spark he was going to propose to her. Ms Spark said her boyfriend died after ingesting Ibogaine - a hallucinogenic drug from Africa . 'The night before was the most amazing, he said he was going to propose, it was the best feeling I've ever felt, I would say yes, I wanted nothing more then to marry you,' Ms Spark wrote on Facebook. 'I knew Brodie was the one... I've honestly never been happier. 'We celebrated, made plans for 'Brand New' tattoos, this was meant to be a new beginning for Brodie and myself.' Ms Spark said they exchanged vows of love and he 'held me in his arms' that night. But these dreams were shattered when the couple went to the Ibogaine Thailand retreat on October 20. This is where Mr Smith started a treatment program that cost $5,300 and would take place over four days. There are conflicting reports about the circumstances of Mr Smith's death. Ms Spark told Fairfax Media they he was administered his first dose of the African plant at 8.30pm. The plant has been classed by the World Health Assembly as likely to cause harm to humans, and has been identified as having psychedelic and psychoactive properties. Ms Spark claims Mr Smith was given another dose of Ibogaine at 9am the next day. More than two hours later Ms Spark claims Mr Smith was told to take two blue-coloured tablets which was meant to be Valium and make him drowsy. But she claims it all went wrong when Ms Spark said her boyfriend was short of breath 20 minutes later. The hallucinogenic is part of a program to treat drug addiction in Thailand's Ko Phangan island . Ms Spark's (pictured with Mr Smith, right) Facebook is filled with tributes to her 'soulmate' Thongnaipab Beach, Ko Phangan, in Thailand, where the couple were staying when Mr Smith allegedly took Ibogane and died . 'Then he stopped breathing. He was staring at me with his eyes wide open,' Ms Spark said. She then tried to revive him but was unsuccessful in trying to bring him back to consciousness. The director of the Ko Phangan treatment centre Mike Picone told Fairfax Media Mr Smith was never given Ibogaine. Mr Picone claims Mr Smith was battling a methamphetamine addiction and as part of the treatment program he had to be clean for at least five days before he could start taking ibogaine. He said the Australian died in his hotel room after he overdosed 'from injecting illegal narcotics' that Mr Smith brought into Thailand from home. 'After he died his girlfriend, Kara, produced a freshly used syringe and gave it to the police as she was reporting to them that he had shot up in the shower and overdosed,' the director said. The Mandurah man died after he stopped breathing. Ms Spark said she tried to revive him but was not successful . 'All my hopes dreams were shattered and now become impossible,' Ms Spark wrote on her Facebook . The bay at Kho Phangan Island in Thailand, where the couple were staying . Ms Spark denies Mr Picone's version of the events surrounding her boyfriend's death. Her Facebook page is filled with constant tributes to her 'soulmate' who loved to sing in the shower and her chocolate lasagne. 'All my hopes, dreams were shattered and now become impossible,' Ms Spark said. 'I love you so much Brodie Noel Smith with every single part of me.' On her Facebook page dedicated to Mr Smith, Ms Spark wrote she would 'fight to death for justice' as his family calls for a inquest into his death and the use of ibogaine. His mother, Dianne Tucker, said she never wanted what happened to her son to be repeated. 'The parents of anyone with an addiction problem have usually been to hell and back, dealing with all the traumas that come with drug use,' she said.

The mother of Brodie Smith says Kelly Lynn Miller worked at the treatment centre that's accountable for her son's death . Miller was recently arrested after fleeing to Thailand from America to dodge her prison sentence for DUI . Kara Spark, from Mandurah in WA, claims her boyfriend died after taking Ibogaine in Thailand . Brodie Smith was taking the African plant - which has hallucinogenic properties - to 'cure' a drug addiction . According to Ms Spark, Mr Smith said he stopped breathing minutes after he took the drug . But the centre where he was receiving treatment claims he was never administered ibogaine .

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The woman dubbed Australia's first female "miracle killer" has been arrested and charged in Thailand on a US warrant over the death of a Brisbane mum.
Kelly Lynn Miller is wanted on a murder charge in her home country after the death of 28-year-old Briony Taylor in an alleged ecstasy overdose, The Courier-Mail reports.
Briony's mother, Kerry, said on Sunday she had been told the news while receiving treatment at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Kerry has fought to bring her daughter's killer to justice since her death and was at the forefront of a rally to support drug reform in Brisbane earlier this month, where she called for the decriminalisation of drugs.
"That would have made a difference to Brodie," Mrs Taylor told the Courier-Mail.
"People were asking me if it was her. I thought it could be her and I was waiting for the confirmation. I've been waiting for that, I've been wanting her back. I was trying to believe in my own mind she had found some help or something like that.
"I wasn't expecting to be hit with the news that she wasn't in a very bad way at all, that she was dead, but knowing that means I can grieve.
"It was a total surprise. I think Kelly Lynn has shown that you can go somewhere and hide - that was her plan. That's all it was."
Miller was last seen at the airport in Bangkok as she attempted to flee to Vietnam, which has since suspended the US-Australia Extradition Treaty, The Courier Mail reports.
She has been on the run since December 2019.
The US State Department says it is working to ensure the transfer of Miller to US custody.
A friend who went to a party with her - who has not been named by media to protect her identity - said she took ecstasy pills with her.
"She [Kelly] came to the party with a white powder and told us to try it because it was ecstasy," the friend told Seven News.
"We were all feeling tired and wanted to have a bit of fun but I didn't want to try it. But she didn't listen and said she'd just try it and told us to try."
It has previously been revealed Briony Taylor's parents were offered $200,000


England’s Euro-flops flipped the hand-wringers into overdrive, like a Le Mans-style dash for their favourite hobby horse as soon as Manchester City’s fate was sealed in Barcelona. Winter breaks, possession statistics, revenue streams, what’s your poison? Or any other hell-in-a-handcart issue which is about to bring down our national game. Two years in three without a team in the Champions League quarter-finals is a worrying trend and the Barclays Premier League will lose its cherished four-team party invite if it cannot be reversed. Yaya Toure's Man City side struggled to impress as they crashed out of the Champions League to Barcelona . Sergio Aguero (left) missed a penalty as City were eliminated 3-1 on aggregate by the Catalan giants . City's defeat would have been much worse if not for the superb form of goalkeeper Joe Hart (right) There is no English presence in the Europa League either after Everton’s harsh lesson in Kiev on Thursday night. Yet in Germany, a similar debate is unfolding because Bayern Munich are the Bundesliga’s sole representatives in the last eight, two years after Bayern and Borussia Dortmund contested the Champions League final at Wembley and nine months after the World Cup triumph. ‘There is no time to rest, no time to ease off,’ said Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the German FA. ‘We have to keep at it if we are to remain at the top.’ In England, the usual excuses were aired but it is to be hoped the big clubs are looking at what they might do to improve as well as grumbling about how the system is stacked against them. There is no English presence in the Europa League after Everton’s harsh lesson against Dynamo Kiev . Romelu Lukaku scored his eighth European goal of the season, but it wasn't enough . The Dynamo players celebrate during their impressive 6-4 aggregate victory over Everton . Too many games? Let’s start with the favourite complaint of the managers who overlook how the extra income from the Champions League should improve their squad, if spent wisely. Besides, who has the most games? Barcelona have played 44 to City’s 42 this season, Chelsea 44 to Paris Saint-Germain’s 45 and Arsenal played 45 to Monaco’s 44. Lionel Messi has played 3,531 minutes for Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo 3,323 for Real Madrid, while Alexis Sanchez has played 3,326 for Arsenal and Eden Hazard 3,539 for Chelsea. It’s more intense in England, they say. No easy games, more physical, no respite. Well, it always has been this way. David Luiz helped Paris Saint-Germain knock Chelsea out at the last 16 stage following a 1-1 draw in France . Luiz celebrates victory with team-mates Thiago Motta (right) and Maxwell at the final whistle . John Terry looks defeated during Chelsea's last 16 exit at the hands of PSG last week . It was in the 1970s when Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa were winning the European Cup and it was in 2008 when Manchester United and Chelsea were in the final in Moscow and half of the last eight were from the Premier League. The intensity of English football used to be considered an advantage with improved fitness and hardened minds. Modern players may run more but usually on better pitches, with lighter balls. In fact, footballers have never had it quite so good. At the top of the Premier League they have the best money can buy in terms of physical care from the moment they step into the academy building. But tell them they are tired and they might feel tired. In 2008 United and Chelsea were in the final in Moscow and half of the last eight were from the Premier League . Eden Hazard has played 3,539 minutes for Chelsea compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's 3,323 for Real Madrid . When competition ends, touring begins. Tottenham will visit Australia in May. Southampton were skiing in Switzerland earlier this month. Manchester City flew to Abu Dhabi before returning to lose at home to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. Chelsea had two days off and a free week to prepare before they were knocked out of Europe by PSG. The wrong type of football? The competitive tempo which gives English football its appeal will never nurture a player like Andrea Pirlo, and yet all-action midfielders thrive in the domestic game, living on mistakes which rarely occur against the best European teams. This is perhaps most keenly felt at international level. Only one English outfield player started for Manchester City in the Nou Camp, and it was not all James Milner’s fault. City have a foreign team and a Chilean manager. Arsenal have not subscribed to traditional English values for years. Few pass the ball better than Arsene Wenger’s teams and few have played in the Champions League with such regularity without winning it. Few have passed the ball better than Arsene Wenger’s teams, but the Gunners still struggle in Europe . Arsene Wenger's Arsenal teams have not subscribed to the traditional English values for years . James Milner was the only English outfield player to start for City against Barcelona on Wednesday night . Barcelona can mesmerise in possession, but it is four years since they made a final. In the 2010 semis, they lost to an Inter Milan team that did not want to know the ball. It is about finding ways to win, which is what Chelsea were doing when they surrounded the referee against PSG. Since West Ham won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965, through the domination of Liverpool and into the renaissance led by Manchester United and maintained by Chelsea, English clubs have been successful with fast, aggressive football and spirited, well-balanced sides. In the past two years, our strongest teams have dipped. The Chelsea side first built by Mourinho is being rebuilt and the new model is not yet as good. United are in post-Fergie turmoil, Arsenal are left short by the same old problems and City are still trying to learn what it takes. There are also the restrictions of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules but English clubs do not want for income, thanks to a bumper television deal, which is about to get even bigger. Money is not the problem. It guarantees nothing in any case. Real Madrid spent a fortune chasing their 10th European Cup. It is about finding ways to win, which is what Chelsea were doing when they surrounded the ref against PSG . Chelsea were the last English to to win the Champions League, defeating Bayern Munich on penalties in 2012 . It took them more than a decade because they became obsessed with superstars and forgot about the team. In England wealth confuses strategy. Clubs have realigned for the Moneyball generation with sporting directors, finance experts and sports scientists involved in transfers while coaches are marginalised. The upshot? Squads lack balance and big-money investments sit on the bench because managers cannot — or will not — accommodate them. What is United’s recruitment strategy? Are City about to sack Manuel Pellegrini and start again? Will Wenger ever change his approach? Yes, a winter break might be helpful, as would the complete restructure of the English league system. And yes, it would be nice if English players could pass the ball, and clubs should invest in youth development until they can. But if our Euro-flops are to flip and rule the Champions League again, they must use their millions more carefully and build better teams. Real Madrid spent a fortune chasing their 10th European Cup, but it took time to get there . City boss Manuel Pellegrini is under pressure after his side's Champions League exit .

It has been a terrible season for English sides in Europe . City, Chelsea and Arsenal have all crashed out of the Champions League . Tottenham, Liverpool and Everton fell before the Europa League last eight . Manchester City were beaten in both last 16 legs by Barcelona . Arsenal suffered a shock 3-1 defeat against Monaco at the Emirates . Premier League managers have called for a winter break .

 streams, ‘Big Six’ conspiracies, the emergence of the ‘new’ Premier League: all the usual talking points kicked off again, this time for 2021.
And yet, amid all the angst and hand-wringing, there was an acknowledgement that this summer could hold a different sort of promise for some. Liverpool were widely tipped to be a ‘big mover’ in the transfer window – and not just because they wanted to move Andy Robertson and the contract stand-off with Joel Matip was a sideshow.
On June 23, Thiago Alcantara announced that he would join the Reds on a free transfer. At €3m a year, they made it seem like a bargain. This is a man who would have cost Barcelona a huge amount of money to sign, and would have demanded a salary of somewhere around €8m-9m per season if he was staying put at the Nou Camp.
So it was a massive coup, the sort that would have the pundits proclaiming about Liverpool, ‘If they can pull this off, they really are serious about winning a title…’. He is Spain’s best midfielder, for goodness sake. He would surely have made the difference, or would at least be the perfect player around which to build a team. He was not the only big name linked with the club though.
It would have been almost comical if it wasn’t so tragic for Liverpool fans. The club and the team were getting ripped apart for being too slow off the mark and failing to sign a key player for the new season. The summer before was dominated by reports of Liverpool’s supposed attempts to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. Then, in November, there were reports of an agreement on the table with Inter, as well as the club saying they were planning to sign a striker and another midfielder before the summer was over.
But now this – no striker, no midfielder, no wingers, and of course no Thiago either.
Liverpool’s transfer business this summer was a mess. After all the pre-season hype, the team that finished a point short of the title had a defensive midfield option that was too far down the list of priorities to be considered a priority. Fabinho looked like he was playing a different game to the rest of the team, with the likes of James Milner also having to play beyond their abilities.
Meanwhile, the two strikers that the


Jane Lu’s success started like many others. She got up early each morning, put on a suit, waved goodbye to her supportive parents and took off to start work. The only difference was that the 28-year-old didn’t have an office to go to, a formal job title or a boss to report to. Keeping her ventures a secret in fear that her parents wouldn't approve Ms Lu would venture into the city each day to hold up in a cafe or library to contact wholesalers, find new and exciting styles and build her online shopping empire. Business is booming: Ms Lu's online shopping business has turned over $10 million in the last calendar year . Ms Lu’s story is one of perseverance; determination and achievement with her successful online shopping venture ShowPony.com reportedly turning over $10 million in the past calendar year. She distributes clothing to 45 countires, has 420,000 followers on Instagram and 464,000 friends on Facebook, attributing her success to dominating the social media platforms. After reading about her triumphs it will surprise you to know that her road to success was paved with a few failures. Ms Lu completed a business degree and gained an elusive graduate position before throwing it all away for her dream . With Ms Lu being the first one to admit things don’t always work out the first time you give it a crack. She started her professional life in corporate finance first securing an elusive graduate position with KPMG and then moving on to accounting firm Ernst & Young . After spending some time pondering her future life as a corporate go getter, she said she was left feeling unfulfilled. ‘I wasn’t getting much out of my day to day and a uni friend said they wanted to start a business so quit my job and blindly followed.’ Ms Lu took advantage of social media saying it was the perfect marketing opportunity for someone without much capital . ‘The small quick and nimble can really dominate a market like that because big business didn’t know how to capitalise on it' Ms Lu’s family, in a show of their unwavering support, lent her money for the start up venture was unsuccessful. ‘It was really devastating when my first attempt failed. I’d quit my job so I couldn’t really go crawling back to my old employers. It was also right in the middle of the global financial crisis so I really had no other option but continue on,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. Being faced with the option of flight or fight Ms Lu secretly soldiered on in the hopes that she would have better news to give her parents soon. From humble beginnings: Ms Tu worked on bended knee scrubbing out her first warehouse,right, and she put in the hard yards before getting her first office, left. ‘My parents lent me money to start up my first business and after it failed it felt really hard to justify to them why I didn’t want to go back to business, which was their dream job for me. Selling clothes online was completely foreign to them. They don’t even use email,’ she said. In a few short years Ms Lu has managed to take her business from a dream to cold hard reality. She said if she had given up when she first failed she would have never achieved what she has today. Ms Lu now has 10 employees and says she loves that she has the opportunity to have fun each and every day . Try and try again: ‘So many young people have a fear of failure but having failed, I can tell you it’s really not as bad or as scary as it seems' ‘So many young people have a fear of failure but having failed, I can tell you it’s really not as bad or as scary as it seems. ‘It is worth the risk and you should always back yourself,’ she added. Ms Lu said although she could have spent a lot more time on the couch after her first disappointment but she found it really motivating to get up every day with purpose, as if she had a boss to report to, and work for the job she really wanted. ‘It can be so easy to sit at home and watch TV or go to the beach with other friends who aren’t working but you can’t let yourself do that. Its about being productive every day.’ After being brought up in a ‘very academically focused’ environment Ms Lu said she wasn’t once taught about how to be successful if you pursue a creative career maintain that passion can get you through. Ms Lu said she saw a gap in the online shopping market for affordable garments . Even after becoming a front runner in Australian online business Ms Lu said she still finds it ‘bizarre’ to think of herself as a role model . ‘Life is long and people have to stop thinking that you can’t spend some of that time time when you are young to investing in yourself and what makes you happy.’ ‘Your work life pretty much takes up the majority of your life so why not work to live instead of live to work,’ she added. After taking the online shopping market by storm Ms Lu said it was social media that catapulted her to success. ‘Basically, I had no money when I started the business so I needed social media to get the brand out to our community.’ Coming into a market where big businesses hadn’t quite grasped the power of social media Ms Lu said there was a huge marketing sector that could be taken advantage of. ‘It was really devastating when my first attempt failed. I’d quit my job so I couldn’t really go crawling back to my old employers' ‘The small quick and nimble can really dominate a market like that because big business didn’t know how to capitalise on it. She said while she was starting out social media remained relatively unknown with big businesses blowing it off as ‘a fad’. ‘It’s about building a loyal community who are genuinely interested instead of paying for advertising to just make sales.’ Ms Lu used Facebook to start her social media campaign but says a lot of consumers are migrating to Insagram . Ms Lu said even though her she may not have been completely honest with her parents in the start of her career, she knows they are beyond proud of her accomplishments. ‘At first they said ‘I don’t understand how you had the guts to do this’ but in reality it was them who left everything to take their young family to Australia,’ she said. Ms Tu was born in China, left, and was eight-years-old when she first moved to Australia, right. Ms Lu’s family immigrated from China during political unrest in 1994 when she was eight years old. 'They quit their great jobs to work as cleaners and in factories, now that is gutsy,’ she added. She said she knows it was their inital investment and support that helped her put herself out there and maintains that she doesnt know anyone thats worked as hard as them. Ms Tu said she came from a 'very academic' environment with her parents dreaming she would find a job where she could be financially stable . Even after becoming a front runner in Australian online business Ms Lu said she still finds it ‘bizarre’ to think of herself as a role model for women who are out there working hard to achieve their dream. ‘It is so bizarre, I mean, I don’t really have any experience, my first business failed so really if I can do it, anyone can do it.’ Her positive attitude caught the attention of The League of Extraordinary Women and they asked Ms Lu to take her story to the 'Run the World' conference where several of Australia’s most successful entrepreneurs will tell of their trials and tribulations in the hopes of motivating a new generation of young female go-getters. Winners are grinners: Ms Lu said she has an amazing team who have become a huge part of her sucess . Chiquita Searle, general manager of the League, told Daily Mail Australia that they knew they wanted Ms Lu to speak after hearing of her overwhelming perseverance in the face of crushing adversity. ‘It’s so important for young entrepreneurs to see someone in Jane’s position who didn’t have the perfect run. ‘It really wasn’t an easy journey for her, she quit her job, her first business failed leaving her with $50,000 of debt and she spent years working before she gained any traction,’ Ms Searle said. Ms Lu said throughout all her academic pursuits she was never once told she could be successful by chasing a creative dream .

Jane Lu quit her job and started Show Pony after a failed business venture . She lied to her parents for 6 months about working on the site . The online store took off and now ships to 45 countries . Her business turned over $10,000,000 in the last calendar year . Ms Tu successfully leveraged social media to help market her brand . She wants people to know that her success didn't come without failure . ‘It is worth the risk and you should always back yourself’ She is speaking at a conference that showcases achievements of incredible Australian female entrepreneurs .

 even have an office.
Since the very beginning, Lu wanted her company, Omm, to be remote. So when her friends at university in Singapore suggested working from home, Lu opted for doing the same, because it was just not possible for her to ask for permission from her bosses to do so.
It seemed like a strange decision to them, but it was soon proven otherwise when her bosses started wondering why she never complained about the company's poor communication channels. After all, they were the ones working at a brick-and-mortar office and often struggled to get an answer from her and her colleagues. As a result, they started doing the same thing.
“They found out that working from home meant they didn’t have to wait in queue for emails that weren’t critical, they could work at their own pace and most importantly, they could solve work problems with others in real-time. So why would they ever want to go back to the office?” she asks.
It might sound odd that a job that requires almost constant communication — like an office job — could be done remotely, but that’s exactly how it is working at Omm, which Lu started in 2011. The company is a design studio that builds custom solutions using the cloud for clients across Asia and Europe.
Lu and her co-founder, Li Yin, originally had a tough time convincing clients to let them work remotely. At the time, Lu says there was a general sense that remote work wasn’t a viable option. But as time passed, some of their largest clients started to see the benefits, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020.
By mid-February last year, many of Omm's 150 clients were forced to transition to work-from-home (WFH) for their employees. The company was “flooded” with requests for help and it was up to Lu and her team to deliver. But working remotely meant that they couldn’t simply meet face-to-face with their clients as and when needed to resolve issues.
Lu says that with no face-to-face interaction and “lack of strong communication channels like Skype or Zoom”, it was more critical than ever before to have a strong communication structure in place. Lu and Yin decided to go the extra mile to ensure that the company, and its clients, had everything they needed to maintain productivity and continue delivering their projects. “We had to


At a quick glance they could pass for identical twins. So it is no wonder retired priest Neil Richardson was greeted with waves and 'hello John' greetings when he moved to Braintree, Essex, 18 months ago. For residents quickly mistook him to be 74-year-old John Jemison, a former head teacher who is well-known in the town. The pair had in fact never met up until a few days ago, leaving Mr Richardson, 69, confused as to why people constantly confused him with Mr Jemison. Neil Richardson, 69 (right), was constantly mistaken for John Jemison, 74 (left), when he moved to Braintree, Essex, 18 months ago and had no idea why - until the pair met recently and realised they are almost identical . Mr Richardson, a former priest (right), was greeted with waves and 'hello John' greetings as he went about his business in the Essex town. He had no idea why until realising people thought he was ex-teacher Mr Jemison . The pair (above) met by chance during a coach trip to London earlier this month and have now met up several times. They have even introduced their wives to one another and claim to have formed quite a friendship . However, upon meeting, the pair quickly realised why others had mistaken them for one another – since they look almost identical. The pair, who are both grandfathers-of-four, also realised that despite being doppelgangers, they also had an awful lot in common - having both attended the same college, both becoming RE teachers and enjoying singing in choirs. They also both enjoy singing, writing poetry and have a keen interest in amateur dramatics. And now they live just 150 yards from each other. Mr Richardson, who worked as an RE teacher before becoming the rector of Greenford Magna in Middlesex in 1982, said he was originally left stunned when he moved to the small town in September 2013 and everyone appeared to recgonise him. He said: 'Complete strangers were coming up to me and saying hello. 'On one occasion, in the Quadrant Cafe, someone actually came up to my table and said: "You are John Jemison, aren't you?" 'The manager was quite sure I was John. A couple of weeks ago, I asked if I could have a word with him after he greeted me with the words, "Hello John". He wouldn't believe that I wasn't John. I had to show him my driving licence. 'It made me very interested to meet this man, who I thought must be rather good-looking!' The pair finally came face-to-face last week when they coincidentally both boarded the same coach for a Friends of Braintree Museum visit to the Magna Carta exhibition at the British Library. Mr Jemison said: 'I didn't instantly notice our resemblance but as I boarded the bus, Neil greeted me with "Are you John Jemison?" Neil Richardson married his wife in 1968 (left) while Mr Jemison also married wife Jenny in the sixties (right) Since meeting, Mr Richardson (left) and Mr Jemison (right) have realised they have an awful lot in common and have had a similar life. They both went to the same college in Chelsea and both trained to be RE teachers . 'I was distracted with the thought: "Oh dear, it's someone else who wants me to do something." 'My wife, however, did a double-take and we began to look forward to the opportunity to meet at the end of our journey. 'It was quite spooky the day we met.' Mr Jemison, who has two children - Elizabeth, 50, and John, 48 - as well as four grandchildren - Megan, 25, Joanna, 23, Sarah, 21, and Bethany, 21, said he just 'couldn't believe it' when Mr Richardson explained it all to him. He said: 'I've really been struck by all the coincidences as we do have so much in common - yet we have never met before. 'My only worry is the number of people who probably think I've been ignoring them when they've been saying 'Hello John' to Neil all this time.' Mr Richardson said they 'hit it off immediately'. He added, jokingly: 'We're thinking of a life of crime. 'If one of us stays at home and the other robs a bank then we will always have an alibi.' Asked if she could tell them apart, Mr Richardson’s wife Marion, 70, said: 'I certainly can - after 47 years together you don't make that mistake. 'People have asked if me and Jenny look alike - I don't think we do but I guess we must share a similar taste in men. 'I just think it is lovely that they have met like this.' As well as looking alike, the two men have lived very similar lives. They both studied at the College of St Mark and St John in Chelsea in the sixties, but never met. Mr Jemison (pictured with his wife Jenny and granddaughters) had no idea Mr Richardson was getting mistaken for him in their hometown until he bumped into his look-a-like during a coach trip to London . Mr Richardson (pictured left aged three, and right as a schoolboy) said the pair have become good friends. He said: 'We realised that we agreed on almost everything, from politics, to our theological views on the church' And they both went on to become RE teachers, with Mr Jemison teaching at Braintree's Alec Hunter and John Bunyan schools, before becoming head of Silver End Primary school, while Mr Richardson became a priest. The pair also both married their sweethearts in the sixties, soon after meeting them, and they both enjoy singing in choirs. When they met for lunch last week, they realised they even had accounts with the same bank. Mr Richardson said: 'There was an astounding moment when we put our cards on the desk to pay and we could almost have said "snap"! 'When we finally met we immediately felt comfortable with each other and found we had so much in common. 'Other people say we're like twins. I can see the likenesses, but he's slightly taller, and I'm slightly fatter.' 'We had lunch together on Friday and realised that we agreed on almost everything, from politics, to our theological views on the church, education and what we think about Mr Gove, and the fact that we both write poetry.' The men are now firm friends and have enjoyed several lunches together, introducing their wives to one another.

Neil Richardson couldn't understand why people always recognised him . 69-year-old was greeted with 'Hello John' after moving to Braintree, Essex . He finally met former head teacher John Jemison, who looked just like him . Pair realised that as well as looking alike, they also have very similar past .

ook the parochial vicar, 59, for the rector of the local parish, Father John Ryan.
"I've had quite a lot of people asking me why John has retired," says Richardson. "They say they don't know which John is which. I've had someone say to me, 'The new vicar is wonderful, he's taken me to see an art exhibition. I had to say it was me, not him, that took her out. But the next day I got another phone call from someone saying, 'The new vicar is doing the rounds and he has taken me to see a play.' That's where I have to say, 'That's not me, that's my neighbour.'"
The last time there was a Ryan and a Richardson on the scene together was just over a decade ago when Father John was parochial vicar of St Mary's, the church where Father Neil is now based. The pair - or "two Johns" - had both been ordained within months of each other in 1989, both worked as school chaplains and both did their training in the Diocese of Brentwood. Although they never met there, 10 years ago they both went out to Africa. Father John to St Mary's, Mombasa, and Father Neil to Gambo in Kenya.
Father John was ordained and went on to work as a hospital chaplain and later as director of the National Black Catholic Apostolate in New York before coming back to work as rector of St Mary's, Mombasa. Now a member of the Missionary Fathers of Africa, Father John has returned to the UK with plans to work in parishes of mission in his native Brentwood Diocese.
But if you have never heard of Father Neil you will certainly have heard of Father John. Because since the bishop announced in June 2003 that the parochial vicar at St Mary's, Mombasa, would be sent back to the Diocese of Brentwood and given the title rector after 16 years in the post, Father Neil's face has become a household name. And not just in Brentwood Diocese.
At first Father John insisted that he would never set foot in Brentwood, preferring to stay in the country where he was known to most people. But he says he now intends to visit the area in May and he will be based in St Mary's, M


Few people expect Manchester City to go to Barcelona and overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. But here's 10 good reasons Manuel Pellegrini's men should travel in hope... 1 - CHELSEA PROVED MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN . Chelsea were 2-1 down on aggregate to Barcelona and down to only 10 men in their second leg at the Nou Camp in 2012 – and still went through. Goals from Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta put Barca in control even before John Terry was sent off. Then, incredibly, Ramires scored on the stroke of half-time and after surviving immense pressure, Fernando Torres scored to book Chelsea's place in the final, which they went on to win. Chelsea sealed a place in the 2012 Champions League final by drawing 2-2 with Barcelona at the Nou Camp . 2 - PELLEGRINI CAN TAP INTO MALAGA . Barcelona lost their last game at the Nou Camp on February 21 to Malaga, the team that Manuel Pellegrini managed between 2010 and 2013. Pellegrini will be able to get all the inside info on how they did it and also used to work with the winning goalscorer, Juanmi. If Juanmi can slay Barcelona, there's not reason why Sergio Aguero can't follow suit. 3 - NO REASON TO FEAR . City captain Vincent Kompany knows what it feels like to score at the Nou Camp, Joe Hart saved a penalty from Lionel Messi three weeks ago and Yaya Toure won the Champions League with Barca alongside the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique. While the rest of the world regard Barca's players as demi-gods, City have been up against them before and shown they are human, or played with them. Joe Hart saved a late Lionel Messi penalty to keep his side in with a chance of progressing to the next round . 4 - EL CLASICO AWAITS . Coach Luis Enrique won't be thanking La Liga for the way they've worked out their fixture list because an even bigger match lies in store on Sunday when Barca meet Real Madrid in a potential title decider. The temptation not to play at 100 per cent against City will be there particularly as they already hold a 2-1 advantage from the first leg. It will be up to Pellegrini's side to take advantage if the Barca players have half an eye on the weekend. Barcelona boss Luis Enrique will have one eye on his side's upcoming match against Real Madrid . 5 - CITY BEST IN ADVERSITY . If there is one thing Manchester City have proved in recent times it's that they should never be written off. They were eight points behind Manchester United with six games to play in 2012 – and won the title. In 2014, they were three points behind Liverpool with three to play, and again came out on top. Most significantly, they have shown 'bouncebackability' in Europe too. They qualified from the group stages despite taking two points from their opening four matches and trailing 2-1 against Bayern Munich in their fifth match. Manchester City showed on the final day of the 2011-12 season that they are capable of springing a surprise . 6 - PROLIFIC AGUERO . Aguero has scored six goals in six Champions League ties this season, at a ratio of a goal every 76 minutes. If he scores again in the Nou Camp, City will be halfway there to overturning the first-leg deficit. Pellegrini believes Aguero has the ability to be considered the third-best player in the world behind Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. A match-winning performance to rank alongside his hat-trick against Bayern earlier in the tournament would go a long way to making that come true. City forward Aguero (he's at the bottom) has scored six goals in the Champions League this season . 7 - HISTORY ON THE SIDE OF ENGLISH CLUBS . It's not impossible for English clubs not to be represented in the last eight of the Champions League – but history shows it's very rare. Only once since 1996 have the quarter-finals taken place without a Premier League team. With Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal gone, all hopes rest on City now. They haven't always been the most popular team since Sheik Mansour's takeover but the club might thrive on the need to restore some national pride. Manchester City are England's last hope following Arsenal's exit from the Champions League on Tuesday . 8 - ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME . Manuel Pellegrini has been criticised for rigidly sticking to 4-4-2 in Europe and being outplayed in midfield, as he was against Barca in the first leg. But when Aguero was injured for the critical final group game away to Roma, he played Edin Dzeko as a lone striker and City comfortably won 2-0. If Pellegrini repeats the tactics – but with Aguero replacing Dzeko – and City crowd Barca in the middle of the park, there's no reason they shouldn't threaten the Catalans with the talent they've got in the team like David Silva. Spanish playmaker David Silva (centre) may be given the licence to roam if he plays behind Aguero . 9 - MANAGERIAL MIS-MATCH . Barcelona boss Luis Enrique is a Champions League novice as a manager – this is his first campaign in the tournament and he's never experienced a knockout second leg. In contrast Pellegrini has guided Villarreal to the semi-final, Malaga to the quarters and took City the Nou Camp last season where they lost 2-1 with 10 men. The Chilean knows what to expect – Enrique doesn't. Enrique is a novice when it comes to managing a side in the Champions League knockout stages . VIDEO Barca will attack - Enrique . 10 - YAYA MOTIVATION . Yaya Toure is available for Manchester City are serving a three-match European ban and couldn't be more motivated. For all the stealth of Barcelona's midfield with Ivan Rakitic, Busquets and Andres Iniesta, they haven't got the power to live with Toure if he is allowed to run at them. The Ivory Coast international has proved he's a big-match player – remember his incredible goal at Wembley in last season's Capital One Cup final – and this could be his defining match in a City shirt. Yaya Toure is available for selection after missing the first leg against his former side through suspension . PS here's three reasons why Manchester City should be fearful of Barcelona .

Manchester City face Barcelona at the Nou Camp in Champions League . Manuel Pellegrini's must overturn a 2-1 deficit to qualify for next round . Manchester City  have to score at least two goals . City ace Yaya Toure can face his former side after serving  suspension . READ: Pellegrini on knife edge as he attempts to save Man City's season . CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester City news .

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1) David Silva: the former Valencia playmaker is probably the best player at City. At the San Mamés he was at the heart of everything his side did and his performance and skill with the ball was the difference between City being beaten in the first leg and going to the Camp Nou. He knows the atmosphere, the pitch and can lead his team as they travel to the Nou Camp.
2) Champions League experience: Pellegrini will have seen his side eliminated by Barcelona before but they are a better team now. His players have been there before and his own experiences of the Spanish team as the manager of Malaga has given him greater insight and knowledge of his opponents.
3) City players have performed well in Barcelona recently. David Silva had four goals in two games in September and was magnificent in both games. Vincent Kompany and Javi Garcia have also performed well in Europe and they will not be overawed by the occasion.
4) City won the group without beating Barcelona.
5) City have a manager who thrives under pressure and has shown time and time again he can win with less. In the group stage this season, City went down 3-1 to Borussia Mönchengladbach and could have gone out of the competition with the 3-2 home defeat to Bayern Munich. But Pellegrini got City to win both games after that and he will have a new motivation to reach the quarter-finals of the competition. He can lead his team and be a manager who has overcome obstacles like this before.
6) Manuel Pellegrini has never been knocked out of the Champions League by a Spanish team as a player or manager. At Villareal he eliminated Barcelona in the round of 16 and at Malaga he knocked Real Madrid out at the semi-final stage. In fact, since he took charge of Villareal in 2010, every team he has managed has made it past the group stages of the competition.
7) Sergio Agüero is one of the best strikers in the world and is in form, with eight goals in his last 12 games. He showed his quality in the Manchester derby and will thrive on big occasions.
8) Pablo Zabaleta has won many big games, including the Super Cup and World Club Cup with Sevilla, but has never won a knockout match for Man City. The Argentine is a calm defender who will get City over the line.
9) P


While Liverpool players are determined to give Steven Gerrard a perfect send off to his Anfield career by winning the FA Cup, there is a growing confidence within the camp there will be life after the iconic captain. Liverpool have won all six of the games that Gerrard has missed with a hamstring injury and the 3-4-3 formation used by Brendan Rodgers has made them look more like the vibrant side that chased Manchester City for the Premier League title last season. They have gone from mid-table to genuine Champions League hopefuls as a result. Steven Gerrard has been back in training ahead of Liverpool's FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn . Liverpool have won all six of the games that captain Gerrard has missed with a hamstring injury . Liverpool full back Alberto Moreno (right) believes the team can win the FA Cup for departing skipper Gerrard . Gerrard is in contention to return for Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers but may find it hard to force his way back into the starting line-up. This season's FA Cup final takes place on his 35th birthday and would be his final match for the club before he joins LA Galaxy. 'It's always sad when someone is injured, you don't wish that on anybody. But I think it is good that we have proved we can succeed without Steven,' said Alberto Moreno, a £12million summer signing from Sevilla and a key member of the new-look side Rodgers is trying to assemble. 'We've moved up the table and been winning matches. It shows that within this squad there are some top, top players to replace even the likes of Steven Gerrard,' said Moreno, a left-back who has been pushed further forward into midfield in recent weeks. 'Whoever is injured, the player who comes into replace them puts themself on the line for the Liverpool cause. The morale and dynamic of the group has been very good. We're playing well and we've proved we can carry on without him. 'I think the new system we are playing has helped us intensify our play even more. It allows us to get lots of bodies forward when we are attacking, but we are safe in the knowledge of having three centre-backs covering as well as the two deep-lying midfielders. 'If we need to lend a hand as well, the wing-backs you can call them, we can drop back and support as well as get forward and support the attack. 'You have to point to the fact we have picked up a lot of victories and points since the system changed, and I guess it does allow us to be a little bit more intense. But it wasn't as if we weren't trying to play with intensity before, we were just inconsistent and dropped points we shouldn't have done.' Of course, Moreno is not dismissing the contribution of Gerrard to Liverpool over the years, and is using the captain's impending departure as an extra incentive to lift a trophy. Fresh from Sevilla, where he won the Europa League last season, the energetic 22-year-old is almost in awe of Gerrard. Moreno (centre) believes FA Cup glory would be a perfect way for Gerrard to finish his time at Liverpool . Gerrard (left) sustained his hamstring injury in Liverpool's 3-2 victory over Tottenham at Anfield last month . Gerrard (left) has lifted the FA Cup twice before as a Liverpool player and is eager to win it one more time . 'It will stick in my memory that I've had a chance to play and train with one of the best players in the world,' he says. 'The Spanish have a word 'crack' to describe a big star, 'Supercrack' means megastar and that is Steven. I have watched him play since I was a boy and now I've had the fortune to not just share a dressing room with him, but to train and play alongside him. He was one of my idols growing up. 'To win the FA Cup would be the perfect present for him, wouldn't it? To be able to leave the club with a trophy under his belt, that would be fantastic for Steven. But not just for him, it would be a great thing for the team and for the fans as well.'

Alberto Moreno wants to win the FA Cup for departing Steven Gerrard . Liverpool captain Gerrard missed the last six games with  injury . He could return for the FA Cup quarter-final v Blackburn on Sunday .

 major trophies in English football but since 2008 have won just one of 18 titles – the League Cup – and in 2014-15 they were pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester City.
That title campaign was the last time Klopp worked with Coutinho. Both men have since moved on, with Coutinho leaving Barcelona for Liverpool last year for a fee that could rise to around 130m euros (£114.4m), and Klopp has been looking for a replacement ever since.
Klopp and his coaching staff have looked at at least five potential replacements but each time it has been determined there was not enough on offer to persuade him to pull the trigger.
Klopp had spoken in May about his hope to have his side sorted by now, but he admitted then he was not entirely confident, and the arrival of Naby Keita has meant the search for Coutinho’s replacement must be an increasingly high priority.
Liverpool do have three players who can play in the position – Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho and Georginio Wijnaldum – but Klopp has looked far from convinced with each, Lallana has suffered another injury, Coutinho’s form has been inconsistent, and Wijnaldum has been played on the left – a position he has struggled at Liverpool this season.
For all the talk of money, the main reason for a midfielder’s worth would surely be based on how they impact on Liverpool’s creative play and attack.
If Liverpool continue to look so blunt in front of goal, it will be a significant investment to bring the right player to Merseyside, and Klopp has not only been looking for a natural left footer, but also a player able to combine the roles of a centre and attacking midfielder.
Klopp’s side have played some excellent attacking football but as they continue to struggle to score, there is a sense of frustration that the game is not being opened up as effectively as it was last season.
As he bids to add to his Champions League crown and create another European Cup final, his side are finding it more difficult to break through defences.
The lack of goals has led to speculation Klopp is seeking to bring in a striker as well but Liverpool are also reported to be looking at a midfielder and the German was in Paris last week to watch Monaco star Thomas Lemar.
After being linked with Nabil Fekir, Manchester United duo Paul Pog


(CNN)Robert Durst appeared to be prepared for life on the lam when FBI agents arrested him in New Orleans. The millionaire heir, according to court documents, had more than $40,000 in cash with him -- and a neck-to-head latex mask to alter his appearance. The new details about Durst, who's been charged with first-degree murder, emerged Wednesday in court documents supporting a search warrant for his Houston home. It's the latest twist in a whirlwind week for Durst, the subject of HBO's true-crime documentary "The Jinx." He's gone from a man battling suspicions that he killed three people to a frail 71-year-old on suicide watch. Durst, whose real estate developer family is among New York's wealthiest, has a net worth of about $100 million and had been withdrawing large sums of money from various bank accounts, including daily withdrawals of $9,000 over 35 days since October, the court documents said. He's being held on drug and weapons charges in Louisiana as he awaits extradition to Los Angeles to face charges in the 2000 killing of his close friend. It's not the first time he's been accused of murder. He admitted to killing and dismembering his neighbor in a 2003 trial, but he was acquitted after arguing he acted in self-defense. And while he's never been charged in his first wife's 1982 disappearance, her family members say they believe she's dead and that he's the one to blame. FBI agents are also investigating whether Durst could be connected to other unsolved murder cases. The agency is putting out a call to local authorities to examine cold cases in locations near where Durst lived over the past five decades, a U.S. law enforcement official said. Unsolved cases in Vermont, upstate New York, the San Francisco Bay area and Southern California are among those getting a new look. Durst's apparent plans to flee began to unravel on Saturday, after an FBI agent approached him from behind at a New Orleans hotel and said, "Mr. Durst?" Although Durst had checked into the hotel under the name "Everette Ward" and carried a Texas ID card with that name, he turned around when the agent called him by name, according to court documents. In his hotel room, agents found more than $40,000 in cash, mostly in $100 bills packed into small envelopes, a loaded revolver, the rubber mask that covers the head and neck, his actual birth certificate and passport, and marijuana. On Tuesday, authorities made it clear they weren't done looking into Durst, even though he's behind bars. At the Houston condominium building where Durst owns three units and lived for many years, authorities seized compact discs, bank statements, handwritten notes, credit cards and checks, stationery, a cell phone, boxes of court documents, photos and a trash bag of court transcripts. They also left with copies of books that detail the disappearance of his first wife and his legal troubles: "Without a Trace" and paperback and hardcover copies of "A Deadly Secret." Journalist Matt Birkbeck, who wrote "A Deadly Secret," said he'd heard Durst read his book, but didn't realize he still had two copies. "When I first heard that, I was somewhat shocked," Birkbeck told CNN, "and a little disturbed." The Los Angeles County district attorney filed a first-degree murder charge against Durst on Monday. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Prosecutors accuse Durst of "lying in wait" and killing Susan Berman, a crime writer and his longtime confidante, because she "was a witness to a crime." Berman was shot in the head in her Beverly Hills, California, home in December 2000, shortly before investigators were set to speak with her about the disappearance of Durst's first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, in 1982. Durst has long maintained he had nothing to do with Berman's death or his wife's disappearance. He's confined to a Louisiana prison's mental health unit after being deemed a danger to himself. On Tuesday, an appeals court granted a request from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office to move Durst to the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center's mental health unit in St. Gabriel, about an hour's drive from New Orleans. Lawyers for the sheriff's office argued that the jail where Durst was being held until Tuesday night can't accommodate inmates with acute mental health conditions. The appeals court agreed. Durst's lawyer Dick DeGuerin said he "did not believe" his client was mentally ill, and that he should remain in Orleans Parish to give the legal team better access to him before a evidentiary hearing scheduled for Monday. DeGuerin has said it's no coincidence authorities arrested Durst the day before the HBO documentary's final episode aired. He said he wasn't surprised about the search of his Texas condo, either. "They're acting like a bunch of Keystone Kops, particularly after being embarrassed by the TV program," he said. "And I'll be even more surprised if they find anything of any evidentiary value whatsoever." Authorities have been mum about what evidence led them to arrest Durst on Saturday, the day before the finale of "The Jinx" aired. Court documents reveal some details about their case against him. Four forensic experts concluded a letter sent to police telling them to search for a cadaver in Berman's home was likely written by Durst. For viewers of the HBO documentary, that might not come as a surprise. In "The Jinx," Berman's stepson stumbles upon a signed letter from Durst to Berman's home in Beverly Hills. The handwriting looks similar to the "cadaver" letter that tipped off police to the killing, and both letters misspell the word as "Beverley." In the documentary, Durst denies he has anything to do with writing the "cadaver" letter, and that he has anything to do with Berman's death. Court documents mention another anonymous letter, sent from New York in January 2001, to a Los Angeles police detective. It was titled "Possible motive for Susan Berman murder" and stated that Berman suspected Durst of being involved in his wife's disappearance. It also said Durst planned to visit Berman around the time of her death. In a 2003 murder trial, Durst admitted he'd killed neighbor Morris Black in Galveston, Texas, and chopped up the body. He was acquitted after his attorneys argued he had acted in self-defense, though he later served nine months in prison on felony weapons charges stemming from that case. DeGuerin told reporters Monday that his client didn't kill Berman. "He's ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial," DeGuerin said. It's not clear when a trial would take place. Durst waived his right to fight extradition to Los Angeles, but because prosecutors in New Orleans are pursuing charges against him, he remains jailed there. Investigators believe he planned to travel from New Orleans to Cuba, a law enforcement official told CNN. Investigators found a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver and about 147 grams (5.2 ounces) of marijuana in Durst's hotel room in New Orleans, according to court documents. He was booked on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance. Court documents filed Tuesday say Durst will receive medications while imprisoned, "including but not limited to hydrocodone as needed for pain." CNN's Evan Perez, Chandler Friedman, Jeremy Grisham, Dave Alsup, Holly Yan, Chris Welch, Shimon Prokupecz and Kevin Conlon contributed to this report.

The FBI is looking into unsolved murder cases in areas where Robert Durst has lived . He's charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of his longtime friend in 2000 . Court documents reveal he had more than $40,000 in cash and a mask when agents arrested him .

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He also appeared to have a new identity.
The man arrested in New Orleans last week goes by the name John McCabe, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in New Orleans on Tuesday.
Investigators said they learned McCabe's real name from an emergency personnel system. But he was not on any of the state and local databases the FBI used to find out his identity, according to the complaint.
The man's driver's license and other identification, which he had with him in New Orleans, also bore a different name -- Robert Durst, according to the court papers.
The identity theft has been "well-documented," said Special Agent Michael Anderson of the FBI in Los Angeles, which helped coordinate the arrest in New Orleans. "We knew we would have to confirm this was him."
The complaint does not say how long the man went by the name John McCabe. But court records show he has been known by the name Robert Durst since at least 1990.
Durst was arrested last Thursday for allegedly killing Susan Berman, his friend of 14 years, at her Los Angeles home in December 2000. A motive for the killing, which was never clarified by the FBI in the criminal complaint, is a central mystery in a series of HBO documentaries about the case. The most recent installment of the "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" series, which debuted earlier this year, focused on Berman's possible role in the slaying.
The document says Durst moved from Los Angeles in late 2000, and the complaint says a witness in L.A. said he "fled California to avoid being tried for murder."
Durst was living under an alias as recently as 2016, investigators said.
At least one woman who knew the man before his arrest told CNN she believes he is not Robert Durst. She requested anonymity because she has friends who remain close with him.
"Everyone calls him Durst but the police said they have him on film at a place I've never seen him, at a hotel," the woman said.
A man who said he has been a friend of Durst's for decades identified himself to CNN as Richard Langley. He said Durst is not the kind of guy he would suspect of committing a murder.
"I never heard any talk of murder, ever," he said. "I know


A beauty therapist who was clinically dead for 30 minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest in bed was saved by her pet dog who howled for help. Joanna Mellor, 24, went into cardiac arrest after going to sleep next to her boyfriend Andrew Rayment, 27. Upon discovering she wasn't breathing, the couple's five-year-old pet Labrador, Leo, began barking. This woke Mr Rayment, who hurriedly dialled 999 and performed CPR on his girlfriend until paramedics arrived. Scroll down for video . Joanna Mellor, 24, suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep, but her five-year-old dog Leo barked until her boyfriend woke up and realised she wasn't breathing . Leo barked until Miss Mellor's boyfriend Andrew woke up. Andrew dialled 999 and performed CPR on his girlfriend until paramedics came and she was rushed to hospital for life-saving treatment . In hospital, doctors said her heart had stopped for 30 minutes before Mr Rayment began CPR. She was able to make a full recovery after her cardiac arrest, something paramedics said is unheard of . Incredibly, doctors said Miss Mellor's heart had stopped for 30 minutes before Mr Rayment managed to resuscitate her. Miss Mellor, who lives with her boyfriend in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, has since been diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. This is a condition in which she has an extra electrical connection in the heart, causing it to beat abnormally fast, triggering a cardiac arrest. Miraculously, she has now made a full recovery. She said: 'I owe my life to my dog and my boyfriend. If Leo hadn't woken Andrew up I might not be here today. 'I remember going to bed and drifting off the sleep and the next I know I'm in intensive care in hospital and told I'd suffered a heart attack. 'The doctors say I was technically dead because it took Andrew 30 minutes to get my heart started. 'Andrew said he woke up with Leo barking and jumping up at my side of the bed and going mad. 'He says he could tell something was wrong with me and dialled 999 and the operator talked him through CPR. 'At first the doctors said I might be at risk of brain damage and I couldn't feel my legs and one of my hands was all limp but I've now made a full recovery.' Miss Mellor now says she 'owes her life' to her labrador Leo and her boyfriend Andrew Rayment, 27 . Miss Mellor's Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome had meant her heart began beating irregularly. This caused a cardiac arrest, where the electrical activity of the heart becomes so chaotic that the heart stops pumping and quivers of 'fibrillates' instead. The heart stops pumping blood around the body, causing a person to lose consciousness and potentially die within minutes. Mr Rayment said he woke up to barking on January 2nd this year. He said: 'I was half asleep when Leo woke me up. 'I heard Joanna's breathing becoming erratic and I tried to wake her and tapped each side of her face, but she was unconscious so I called 999. 'My first thought was that I didn't want to waste the paramedics' time but when I was on the phone her breathing went from in and out to every few seconds. 'I tried not to panic and to stay focused. I kept thinking that the only chance she has relies on me doing the CPR properly.' Rescue crews from East Midlands Ambulance Service dashed to the scene in under 15 minutes before rushing her to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. Paramedic Glenn Radford said: 'I've been on the job for 14 years and I've never seen anything like it. 'When people suffer cardiac arrests, quite often they are left with neurological problems. They don't usually make a 100 per cent recovery.'

Joanna Mellor went to sleep and suffered a potentially fatal cardiac arrest . Her pet Labrador, Leo, barked until her boyfriend woke up and dialled 999 . She was rushed to hospital where she was clinically dead for 30 minutes . Was able to make a miraculous recovery - and says Leo saved her life .

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The cardiac arrest (cardiac arrest) left Andrew and her three-year-old Shih-Tzu (or Shih Tzu puppy) Milo in a panic, and her terrified dog howled for help. After a frantic search for a phone, the beauty therapist was rushed to hospital on Sunday.
The pair were saved by one of the paramedic teams who treated her, who saw her on her way to the ambulance.
Milo’s desperate cries caught the attention of the team, who told her parents Karen and Stephen Mellor the dog’s barks woke them in their flat in Newcastle’s Gosforth.
Milo’s owner Karen Mellor told Chronicle Live: “Milo is a puppy and doesn’t usually bark very much. But at 7.45 on Sunday morning she woke me up with her bark and crying for help.
“I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, but it was really loud and scary. She just wouldn’t stop. “I sat up in my bed and listened carefully for a few minutes, but the sound disappeared and I couldn’t work out where it was coming from.
“I’m grateful that Milo woke us up, because I think we might not have known what was happening otherwise. “When I could hear the sound again, I called out to my husband to see if he heard it too.
He was already sitting up in bed, and he realized the sound was coming from the next room. “He got up, and we both realized the noise was coming from the puppy.” Karen and her husband Stephen had been home with Milo in bed when she started barking.
The concerned husband got up from bed to see if she was OK. He added: “I found her at the bottom of the bed and I could tell right away that something was very wrong.
“She wouldn’t respond to my shouting, and she didn’t respond to me picking her up. “I started getting into a panic. It was pretty scary because I didn’t know what was happening, so I just wanted to get her help as soon as possible. “I was calling the hospital, phoning friends and trying to find some kind of help.
“But I didn’t know where to go or who to call. “I called Andrew’s parents because I thought they would know how to handle the situation.


A stripper's father has been accused of extorting nearly $3million from a businessman who paid to have a threesome with his daughter and her cousin who he said was underage. Terry Tackett, 52, allegedly demanded money from retired software executive Paul Vagnozzi, 61, from Detroit, Michigan, after learning about the sexual encounters he had with Jessica Tackett, 25. According to federal prosecutors Jessica met Mr Vagnozzi at a strip club in 2008, where she was working as a topless dancer to help support her family. The pair then started a relationship where he would pay for sex, court documents have revealed. Scroll down for court documents . Affair: Jessica Tackett, 25, started working at a Detroit strip club to help support her family. She met businessman Paul Vagnozzi in the summer of 2008 and they started a sexual relationship . Threats: Terry Tackett, 52, demanded money from retired software executive Paul Vagnozzi, after he discovered he had a threesome with his daughter and her cousin. Tackett told Vagnozzi she was underage . That summer, according to court documents seen by The Detroit News, he paid to have a threesome with Jessica's cousin. Her father found out about the illicit encounter in October and threatened Mr  Vagnozzi - saying the girl was underage and that he would tell the police unless he was paid. Tackett also said he would get his 'mafia' friends at the Jokers Motorcycle Club to beat him up if the hush money stopped. The document filed in the United States District Court in Michigan stated he first handed Tackett $30,000. Two months later Mr Vagnozzi asked the family to confirm in writing they would not tell the police and asked them to stop demanding cash. Case: Tackett is free on $10,000 unsecured bond but faces up to five years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice . They then sent him a letter demanding more installments of $30,000. According to the documents in one month, Mr Vagnozzi gave Terry Tackett $1.15 million in checks, . The flow of money, which stopped in 2012, funded Tackett's lavish lifestyle, including a home in Romulus, Michigan, six Harley-Davidson motorcycles, muscle cars, Jet Skis and expensive gifts for his stripper girlfriends. The indictment also mentions that Jessica  and her mother, Kimberly, 53, also filed a phony rape complaint against the businessman as part of the alleged extortion scheme. West Bloomfield Township police in Michigan told The Detroit News that the phony rape complaint was filed against Vagnozzi. Tackett is now facing 119 federal charges in relation to the scheme - conspiracy to obstruct justice, tax evasion, money laundering and banking crimes. If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 20 years. The indictment also mentions that Jessica Tackett and her mother, Kimberly (pictured), also filed a phony rape complaint against the businessman victimized in the alleged extortion scheme . Jessica Tackett is free on $10,000 unsecured bond, but she and her mother face up to five years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice . Raymond Cassar, Mr Vagnozzi's lawyer, thanked the U.S. Attorney's Office  for bringing the 'group to justice.' In a statement to the Detroit News, he said: 'My client is a good man who was the victim of a lengthy extortion plot by a group of individuals that conspired to take as much money from him as they possibly could over a lengthy period of time.' Mr Vagnozzi is not on the indictment because he is considered a victim. He has not been charged in relation to having sex with the cousin who Tackett claims is underaged. Tackett Indictment uploaded by DailyMail.com .

Terry Tackett, 52, demanded money from businessman Paul Vagnozzi, 61 . He is now facing 119 federal counts in relation to the extortion scheme . Found out he was having sex with his daughter Jessica, 25 . She was working in a Detroit strip club to help support her family . Tackett threatened Mr Vagnozzi when he found about the illicit threesome . Then began receiving regular payments into his bank account . Jessica and her mother also made a phony rape claim against Vagnozzi .

 from John Thompson in exchange for being quiet about allegations of sexual exploitation and drug use.
The alleged blackmail of Mr. Thompson, who was an occasional customer of his daughter's at a strip club where she worked, has emerged after he was arrested along with her mother, Tina, 45. They were taken into custody at the couple's home in Ohio on Saturday, where officers reportedly found "numerous items associated with prostitution" in their possession, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.
It is alleged that they were running a sex ring with another woman, who is believed to be Thompson's wife. The woman, 29, was previously arrested along with a 36-year-old man for having sex with teenagers.
The couple have been charged with prostitution, trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation of children and compelling prostitution by force or coercion. The woman has also been charged with drug possession.
Terry Tackett has been charged with "two counts of compelling prostitution by force, threat or coercion", and the Tackett's daughter has been charged with "one count of soliciting sexual activity and two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor".
Prosecutor Kristen Nagle said at a news conference that Thompson may face additional charges. She added: "This is an emerging case, we may have additional charges down the road."
In jailhouse interviews with police, the sisters said they and the others were engaging in legal consensual sex, the Beacon Journal reported.
Mr Thompson told police he did not know he was having sexual intercourse with minors. Tina Tackett told investigators she did not witness the alleged sexual abuse of her daughter, but did admit that her daughter was dating the other women who were arrested.
A probable cause statement said: "Both Tackett and Tina Tackett admitted they were aware of the age of the other women they were dating and/or living with. Tina Tackett stated that she was aware of the age of her daughter's boyfriend."
The women's lawyers said they were unaware of the sex ring allegations. "I'm shocked and saddened because Tina has led a good life," said Richard Lomuscio. "She's worked hard to raise her family."
Terry Tackett is also accused of threatening Thompson with bodily harm. Police reportedly found two knives when they went to arrest the couple.
The sisters were denied bail on Monday.
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Adorning a large section of a wall in the gym beneath Twickenham’s West Stand is a picture of the England team smiling for the cameras and showing off the Triple Crown. It was taken last year and the expressions worn by captain Chris Robshaw and his colleagues convey a genuine sense of pride. That silver shield has eluded the national team this year, following defeat in Dublin, but it is not the precious metal they covet anyway. On head coach Stuart Lancaster’s watch, the trophy cabinet has been kept stocked. In the course of three years, in addition to the Triple Crown, England have lifted the Calcutta Cup (annually), the Millennium Trophy, the Cook Cup and the Hillary Shield. The latter prize, for beating New Zealand in December, 2012, was received with special relish. Luther Burrell sets off on a run during training as England prepare to face France . But what the coaches and players really crave is a cup that conveys meaningful achievement, and at last that is within their grasp. Robshaw summed up the mood: ‘As a player you want to be picking up silverware. We've collected the odd bit here and there, but to pick up the main trophy would be great.’ The ‘main trophy’, newly commissioned, for winning the RBS 6 Nations is England’s for the taking. Success would also end a generation of under-achievement. It is staggering that the world’s wealthiest rugby country has had so little to show for so much effort and investment in the modern era. England won three of the first four RBS 6 Nations titles (2000, 2001, 2003) but since then have finished top just once in 11 seasons. So near, but so far has been the story of many English campaigns, not least under the current regime. Three times Lancaster’s men have finished runners-up, with four wins out of five. Wales (twice), and France have derailed the Sweet Chariot on its route to a Grand Slam. Everyone in the Red Rose camp has grown weary of the perennial talk about the need for ‘tangible’ reward, to use lock Geoff Parling’s apt phrase. Defeat by Ireland shattered the latest quest for a clean sweep to propel the host nation into their World Cup, but England are still in prime position in terms of the three-way title tussle. This year, four wins from five should be sufficient to clinch the trophy, which will be at Twickenham in anticipation of a coronation at about 7pm. There is a replica at Murrayfield, just in case Ireland run amok and beat Scotland with room to spare and leave England chasing a points-difference tally that proves beyond them. Meanwhile, in Rome, Wales will expect to benefit from the enforced absence of Italy captain Sergio Parisse but they would require French and Scottish resistance on an epic scale to take the title. The made-for-TV staggered schedule affords Lancaster’s side the luxury of a precise target but that could be a blessing or a curse. Being aware of the bigger picture could be a distraction for some England players, hence the coaches’ desire to burden only a select few with the main decision-making responsibilities. It will be up to Robshaw and his half-backs, Ben Youngs and George Ford, to set a patient tone once what is needed has been explained to the whole squad before their pre-match warm-up. The remarkable maturity of England No 10 Ford, at just 22, should be a telling asset on a day when the challenge is equal parts mental and physical. England's players look on in disbelief as Ireland clinch the 2014 Six Nations title by beating France . George Ford has shown a huge amount of maturity for some one who is just 22 . Philippe Saint-Andre’s France team do not boast glorious form, far from it, despite the emphatic 29-0 victory over Italy in Rome last weekend. Crucially, that game took place 24 hours after England beat Scotland and since then Les Bleus have had to fly home, patch themselves up and catch the Eurostar to London, while also dealing with the distraction of a club v country row over fly-half Camille Lopez. What the visitors will bring is physical presence. The French are massive but this English pack has dealt with all-comers in recent times, and the graduated return of Courtney Lawes and Parling in the second row should add dynamism and line-out nous to the mix. Nick Easter could have a big role to play coming off the bench for England . Courtney Lawes should add dynamism to England's back row . Behind the packs, England are more settled and threatening. Jonathan Joseph’s match-up with Gael Fickou will be intriguing, but only if the French threequarters are let off the leash. Ford can make holes in the Gallic defence but England cannot afford to be as wasteful as they were in beating Scotland. Replacements could also have a big say and England will look to the likes of Tom Youngs and Nick Easter to generate momentum, Tom Wood to provide physicality and leadership, and Richard Wigglesworth to make an impact with his astute kicking game. Whether or not Danny Cipriani and Billy Twelvetrees play a part in a points chase, time will tell. Amid the maelstrom, the primary demand from Lancaster will be for cool English heads. Robshaw should have plenty of leadership support, from Parling and a raft of club captains in the ranks: Joe Marler and Dylan Hartley, James Haskell and Ben Youngs. There may be several rookies in white, but there are also enough established players. Together, they can ensure that the plot is not lost and that the ‘main trophy’ is won.

England will know what they need to do to win the title when they kick off . The agony of missing out on the title last year will be in the memories . England are best placed to win the Six Nations title if they beat France .

 Robshaw and the players speak volumes of the mood, the optimism and sense of belief they had after a long campaign of Test matches.
“It was a long and difficult trip. We started well. We could have won in Ireland,” recalls Robshaw, whose team lost by a solitary point after leading for most of the game in their opening fixture against the Six Nations champions. “We then went to France and won convincingly. That was the start of our campaign. There was a lot of focus and a lot of belief.”
It would have been easy for the Six Nations and subsequent tour to France to get lost in the midst of the Aviva Premiership. However, the match in Paris was a game of great importance. Not only was it the first of the three Tests but there were important issues at stake in terms of selection and in terms of how this England team wants to develop going forward.
After an entertaining first half, with both sides threatening, it was England who took the upper hand and established an early 10-0 lead through the boot of George Ford and a try from Mike Brown. France, though, stuck to their task and showed their attacking prowess, in particular with the dangerous Jonathan Danty, who scored his first Test try.
It could have gone either way. Had they not missed a number of easier kicks, had they taken their opportunities, France could have taken the game away from England. As it was, the French could not take their chances and England went on to secure a win by six points. The try by Danty came 19 minutes after the French captain Camille Lopez had missed a conversion from in front of the posts.
That was a sign of how the afternoon was going to end. Ford and George Kruis both missed conversions and England went on to claim a 19-16 win. The game in Twickenham was less tense and England were a little more clinical with their execution, securing a 33-13 win.
While the players enjoyed the trip to Paris, England head coach Stuart Lancaster is keen for the squad to maintain a “level of consistency” and build on the performance levels they displayed in the two Tests.
He said: “We’re pleased we got back into the [Triple] Crown after seven years, that’s the main thing. The players worked hard on the things that we knew we needed to improve on. We have lots of things to work on, lots of things we can get better at


Those who would love to see the lesser spotted Laura Robson back competing on a tennis court are learning that it is a question of hope trumping expectation. Having withdrawn from the qualifying event of this week’s Miami Open, she has now removed herself from the entry list to next month’s WTA Tour event in Bogota, and the new target for her return appears to be the French Open in May. That suggests she is going to be left with at least 16 months of catching up to do when her troublesome wrist is deemed fit for full tournament play again, having not played since the Australian Open in January last year. Former British No 1 Laura Robson protects her wrist while out in London . Nobody is more frustrated about this than Robson herself, now 21 and without a world ranking. She would dearly love to be in Miami now, but instead is back practising over in Bradenton near Tampa at the IMG Academy. Perhaps encouragingly, she posted a picture of herself on Twitter doing a full, tendon-testing handstand. Robson admitted last summer that she has shed tears over this hiatus in her career, which has proved longer than feared since she played her last match in Melbourne before eventually undergoing wrist surgery. Here this week her manager, Max Eisenbud, issued a positive-sounding update while preaching patience: “I’m happy with the way it’s been going and she’s been hitting the ball great in practice,” he said. “ It’s a question of waiting until the coaches think she can play five matches in a week. It’s all about when she is ready to compete. We don’t want to put her in a situation where she can’t play a full tournament.” Among Eisenbud’s other clients include Maria Sharapova, whose intermittent struggles with her shoulder have informed his approach. “I learned a lot from the whole experience with Maria, and that’s why I feel strongly about not rushing it. Laura is still young with a lot of time ahead.” Sharapova seems to have won her battle, but there are other examples of players who show just what a tough road lies ahead for Robson - and that on the assumption that she shows a full-on appetite for hard work that has not always been evident. When she finally decided to go for surgery last April to repair a minor tendon tear she sought the advice of 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro, who has had operations on both wrists. She used the same specialist at the Mayo clinic in Minnesota. Ironically this has turned out to be the Argentine’s own comeback event and on Thursday evening he lost 6-4 7-6 to Vasek Pospisil. The fact that this was just his second tournament in fourteen months after an abortive return in January shows just how infernally complex wrist injuries are for tennis players. He was just delighted to be back on court: “It's not 100% free, but I felt even better than Sydney tournament in January,” he said. “ It's only two months after my second surgery and my left wrist. I feel better week by week, but it's still very early to feel 100%. “Mentally you must be strongest enough to deal with the problem and get up every morning to do your treatments and rehab and stay calm, looking forward for the future. I'm not hurried to be in the top 10 very soon. I want to play tennis. It doesn't matter how long it's take me to be in the top again.” Being absent for a long period of time with any injury brings with it problems in a tennis world that constantly evolves. An example of this is 2010 Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva, who was out for 17 months following the 2012 Olympics due to a shoulder problem that required surgery. Robson has sought the advice of 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro . Del Potro made only his second tournament appearance in 14 months at the Miami Open . Since returning at the start of last year the talented Russian has not got past the third round at any event and her ranking still languishes at 153. She lost another first round here this week. So it could be hard for Robson whenever she returns, although on her side is that she does have bags of natural ability and is a superb ball striker. That much was clear when, enjoying a rare spell free from injury, she became the first British player since Jo Durie to reach the world’s top 30 in the summer of 2013 aged only 19. It might yet make more sense for her to wait until the season begins on more forgiving grass rather than arduous clay to make her return. When she does she will have a new clothes sponsor in Nike after being dropped by adidas, and will be coached by Colombian Mauricio Hadad, a former guide of Heather Watson. The 22 year-old from Guernsey plays world No 15 Angelique Kerber in the second round while Andy Murray will take on America’s Donald Young.

Laura Robson has not played since Australian Open in January 2014 . The 21-year-old troubled by wrist following surgery in March last year . Robson forced to cancel plans to return in the WTA Tour event in Bogota .

 from the qualifying tournament at Indian Wells – where she was scheduled to play later this month.
Having been ranked as high as No 23 last season, her position of late, just outside the top 100, gives the lie to her claims of being “close” to being back to her best. In an interview for BT Sport this week, she said she was on the cusp of making progress and that a final push of a few weeks could “really push her back towards the top”. In an article for The Guardian, she added that “the next six weeks are crucial” if she is to return to full fitness. Yet this is a situation we have known for a long time.
Robson’s career has been one of tantalising promise and frustrating disappointment. Aged 18, she reached the semi-final of Wimbledon and the quarter-finals of the US Open in a single year. She won bronze at the London Olympics and reached the Australian Open final the following year. Her ranking rose to 15. She made some progress as a junior in 2011, when she reached the final of the French Open at the age of 15, but there have since been far too many reverses.
A back problem in 2012 ruled her out for much of the year. In her second year as a full-time player, she rose to the dizzy heights of 31 before, following a slump, dropping to 130.
Since then she has struggled with a succession of niggling injuries. She was plagued by hamstring problems in 2013. Then there was a foot injury that saw her out for three months last year. A shoulder injury in the Australian Open qualifying rounds ruled her out in January this year, while at Indian Wells in February she again withdrew for the second time in a month due to a left thigh problem.
The only explanation for these absences lies in the extraordinary levels of mental frailty she has shown since reaching the final of Wimbledon in 2012. She has never been able to regain the form that elevated her to the top of the women’s game. Since her semi-final defeat by Serena Williams last year, in which she was a break up with 6-3 in the third set, she has only won 13 out of 38 matches, with some of her performances on the court verging on the incoherent.
She has gone from being the most promising player to emerge since Kim Clijsters to someone who is