Woman 'sexually assaulted' by 'psychic' who worked with Dua Lipa and Robbie Williams

Pete MacDonald, 77, allegedly asked the pistillate to portion down earlier rubbing a "special oil" he'd made for her each implicit her body, touched her breasts and enactment his manus successful her underwear

A pistillate was sexually assaulted by a personage psychic healer whose clients see Robbie Williams and Dua Lipa aft being enactment nether his spell, a tribunal heard.

The pistillate said Pete MacDonald name-dropped stars specified arsenic actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes helium claimed helium held peculiar retreats for to summation her trust. The complainant, 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."

But during 1 religion healing league the 77-year-old psychic indecently assaulted her aft getting her to portion and prevarication connected his bed, a assemblage heard. The pistillate told the tribunal that erstwhile she questioned wherefore she had to beryllium bare MacDonald told her 'you request to beryllium successful this authorities to get these spirits out'.

She said helium had made a 'special oil' for her which helium proceeded to hitch successful with his hands up and down her body. During the league helium touched her breasts enactment his manus down her underwear, it is alleged.

The pistillate besides said MacDonald told her to 'blow retired the atrocious spirits' successful her by blowing into his mouth. He past told her helium was going to usage a 'fireblow' technique, which progressive him utilizing his rima connected her body, the tribunal was told.

The pistillate said she felt uncomfortable but was 'under a spell' and was incapable to archer him to stop. She aboriginal told her sister and fellow what had happened and reported the incidental to constabulary soon after.

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. I thought if each these radical with tons of wealth are utilizing him, helium indispensable beryllium good. 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 said MacDonald wholly convinced her erstwhile she met him for the archetypal clip for a tarot paper speechmaking and had 'hit the nail connected the head' with what helium told her. She told Bournemouth Crown Court: "There were a batch of things helium said that I thought there's nary mode helium could cognize astir me. Things astir my household and friends, and past experiences, and things helium predicted astir the future. I was rather bowled implicit by however bully helium was."

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: "I had a truly affirmative feeling helium was going to marque a quality and alteration my life, I conjecture astir apt naively. I was truly sucked successful by everything helium was saying. I wholly trusted him astatine that point."

When the pistillate commented that she hadn't realised she would beryllium bare MacDonald said 'I don't get the horn erstwhile I bash this, you request to beryllium successful this authorities to get these spirits out', it was claimed.

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 picked her aft the session. He said she was 'bordering connected hysterical' erstwhile she got successful the car and instantly questioned what had conscionable happened. When interviewed by constabulary MacDonald said what she described had not happened. He said helium whitethorn person touched her breasts inadvertently but his fingers were not wrong her underwear and did not interaction her backstage parts.

MacDonald is charged with 4 counts of intersexual assault. He was 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'.

Judge Robert Pawson told the jury: "He is not acceptable to basal trial, truthful we can't person a proceedings successful the accustomed way. You volition not beryllium asked to find whether helium is blameworthy oregon not guilty.

"There is an important nationalist involvement successful establishing done a assemblage whether oregon not you're definite Mr MacDonald did the act. Your absorption is not connected the defendant's authorities of mind, conscionable simply whether helium did the act."

The proceedings continues.