Debbie Paget (55) branded ‘an old-fashioned confidence trickster’ after conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
He said Paget on one occasion invited him to “a reading” and he thought this was a fortune telling and he would find out about his future. He said Paget started talking about his father during the session and then told him: “Your father said you are to give me €10,000.”He said that he felt pressurised and gave his word to give her the money. He said Paget told him, “If you don’t, it will be a sin and the devil will get you.
When questioned, Paget told gardaí that she was known as a “psychic medium”, which meant that she could communicate with the dead. She said she had offered this service to people for 40 years and had “never charged a penny” for it. “I know now that she is not. I was taken advantage of. She said my Dad would tip me on the shoulder and she said it would be a sin on my soul and I would go to hell if I didn’t give her the money,” he said. “I am not a victim. I am a survivor and I felt I have learned a lesson. I am proud of myself having the courage to come here today.”
Some of her family members have distanced themselves from her since her case went to court and she has lost contact with some of her grandchildren, he said.Judge Pauline Codd said it was quite clear from Mr Byrne’s demeanour in court that he is a vulnerable person. She said Paget was criminally liable as she had taken large sums of money under threat, “even though those are supernatural threats”.
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