Shock early sign of terrifying ‘locked-in syndrome’ that hit bodybuilder – he lost ability to walk, talk or eat within a year

A Grimsby man given a shock, life-wrecking diagnosis of ‘locked-in syndrome’ has hit out at NHS doctors for failing to spot his disease earlier.

Tony McCue, 63, first began suffering alarming symptoms in the middle of 2023, but clueless medics took a year and a half to figure out the true cause of his problems — which included frequently falling over and ‘dropping things’.