Vanessa Lloyd Platt is the divorce expert on breakfast show GMTV, and occasionally on the high-brow show that is Richard & Judy. She dispenses divorce advice for couples going through the process, and she’s also a successful divorce lawyer herself with her own practise, and a string of celebrity clients, including Les Dennis and Anne Diamond.

However, Vanessa Lloyd Platt is also divorced, she’s been divorced a few times, and her most recent divorce was so bitter that she accused her husband Daniel Lloyd Platt of trying to poison her. Seems like a service to the nation to me!

Vanessa, 53, divorced Daniel last year after 17 years of marriage. Vanessa is also an author having written books on successful relationships. She claimed that her husband was lacing her food with chemicals in an attempt to kill her.

However police never charged Daniel with any crime, and on Friday arrested Vanessa for making false allegations and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

I wonder if that’s the sort of divorce advice she gave out to clients? I think her career as a divorce experts on GMTV could be coming to a sudden end.

Clive Bellmore