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But in January last year, the 31-year-old said doctors were "dumbfounded" to find out he had heart failure after some blood tests - with many GPs not specialists in steroid use.

The voice on the other end seemed dumbfounded.

"I'm dumbfounded and speechless. I thought I was doing them a favour," he told the Dorset Echo.

Mr Brilliant, who has returned to the US, says he was “dumbfounded” when he first heard the BBC investigation.

Some progressive voters in the state, where Democrats control the governor’s office and Legislature, were dumbfounded by the early results, while Republicans seized on the moment as proof that California is becoming more conservative.