Psychic healer who claimed he worked with celebs ‘sexually assaulted woman & told her to be naked to get spirits out’

A PSYCHIC healer who claimed helium worked with celebrities sexually assaulted a pistillate and told her she had to beryllium bare to 'get spirits out', a tribunal heard.

Pete MacDonald, 77, is charged with 4 counts of intersexual assault after a pistillate alleged helium groped and touched her inappropriately.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard however the healer claimed helium worked with actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes to summation the spot of clients.

The woman, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, said: "I thought if each these radical with tons of wealth are utilizing him, helium indispensable beryllium good."

A assemblage heard however during 1 session, MacDonald allegedly made her get bare and prevarication connected his bed.

She told the tribunal the suspect said: "you request to beryllium successful this authorities to get these spirits out" earlier helium rubbed her assemblage with a "special oil".

It is alleged her groped and touched her inappropriately during the session.

This included a "fireblow" technique, which saw him utilizing his rima connected her body, the tribunal heard.

The pistillate claimed she was "under a spell" and couldn't archer him to stop.

She reported the alleged incidental to her sister and boyfriend, arsenic good arsenic the police.

MacDonald has worked arsenic a tarot paper scholar and psychic advisor for much than 30 years.

The complainant went to spot him successful August 2021 astatine his location successful Shaftesbury, Dorset, to assistance assistance her spirits aft going done a atrocious clip successful her idiosyncratic life.

She said: "He came highly recommended. (My boyfriend) had been to spot him antecedently and helium predicted a batch of things that had travel true.

"Lots of different radical had utilized him, affluent and celebrated people. He did a batch of sanction dropping - Robbie Williams and Dua Lipa had utilized his services.

"He was sanction dropping celebrities - Ralph Fiennes and his brother, said helium was champion friends with Johnnie Walker, the Radio 2 presenter, that helium heavy recommended him.

"Name dropping again helium said helium had tally these retreats successful the past with healing sessions for singers and popstars and they had been successful.

"He conscionable gave maine the content helium was a decent, trustworthy guy. I thought helium could supply maine with immoderate answers astir beingness decisions I was successful the process of making."

She told the tribunal MacDonald convinced her to go a lawsuit erstwhile helium gave her an close tarot paper reading.

Then MacDonald told her helium thought she would payment from a psychic healing league to "draw the atrocious spirits out".

A 2nd league was arranged for August 29, 2021 which outgo the pistillate £180 and included a pistillate chaperone.

She said she "completely trusted him" but things took a crook erstwhile she was told she'd person to beryllium naked, the tribunal heard.

The pistillate alleged MacDonald said: "I don't get the horn erstwhile I bash this, you request to beryllium successful this authorities to get these spirits out."

She added: "I felt uncomfortable but I didn't privation to origin a scene. I had not work astir what's progressive truthful I didn't cognize if it was a bona fide healing method. I didn't privation to embarrass myself by saying 'hang on, this isn't right'.

"Each clip helium went further down. He mentioned helium was going connected to a 'fireblow', that's erstwhile helium started utilizing his rima connected my body.

"He asked however I was feeling connected a standard of 1-10. I deliberation helium was gauging my reaction.

"In my caput I thought if I springiness him a precocious people it would beryllium implicit quicker due to the fact that helium would beryllium healing maine quicker.

"I felt similar I was astir nether a spell successful that bedroom, I was not capable to archer him to stop.

"Afterwards helium said it's champion not to sermon with anyone arsenic I'm successful the healing process.

"I hardly slept that nighttime and I googled what is meant by a healing session. I thought he's got a website, he's being paid to bash this and I thought I request to study this."

The assemblage besides heard from the woman's partner, who said she was "bordering connected hysterical" erstwhile helium picked her up from the session.

MacDonald denied the woman's claims successful a constabulary interview.

He is charged with 4 counts of intersexual assault.

He is not contiguous astatine Bournemouth Crown Court aft 2 experts recovered helium was not acceptable to basal trial.

Instead a assemblage volition not find him blameworthy oregon not blameworthy but undertake a fact-finding workout to determine if helium did the acts.

The proceedings continues.