Burns to get payout for botched lips

Pete Burns is expected to receive a massive payout after a surgeon admitted blundering treatment on the star's lips.

Burns, 49, was left unable to eat, drink or speak after undergoing the operation, which he claims "wrecked his career and life" and made him feel "physically repulsive".

Damages of up to £1 million are expected for the Dead Or Alive singer after lawyers for Dr. Maurizio Viel admitted his liability at the High Court.

Burns's representatives claim that between 2000 and 2004, a pro-collagen filler was repeatedly injected at the London Centre for Aesthetic Surgery without adequate testing for side-effects.

The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant said the surgery stopped him from making a comeback with the Pet Shop Boys, adding: "It has taken away my life and my career. I saw doctors in London who said the only option was to amputate my lips. I was suicidal."