A 'spiritual healer' who tricked a woman into having sex with him at his Birmingham home by claiming it would cure her marriage problems has been jailed for 12 years. Syed Shah also conned the 28-year-old mum into handing over £6,000.
Shah, 30, of Latelow Road, Stechford, was found guilty of two charges of rape and one of fraud following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
Judge Patrick Thomas QC also ordered Shah, who had previously sexually assaulted another woman while performing a healing ritual, to pay the victim £10,000 compensation.
Shah was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life.
There has been record of such 'self-proclaimed' faith-healers who target vulnerable families. Keeping that in mind, Asian Voice stopped adverts from anyone who claim to be 'magic healers', which has resulted to a loss of £40,000-50,000 revenue per year for the newspaper. But to make the community aware about dangers of investing in 'false hopes', this newsweekly has gladly sacrificed the money, as a stand against exploitation.
