'Black magic' healer who conned women out of £150,000 is jailed - Birmingham Mail

A bogus faith healer who conned three women into giving him £150,000 by falsely claiming he had “black magic” powers to cure personal problems has been jailed for seven-and-half years.

Abdoulie Gassama said he needed extra money for expensive rituals - including sacrificing crocodiles and cows.

The “desperate” victims, who feared something terrible would happen if they did not pay up, were “bled dry” with two of them giving the fraudster their life savings.

Gassama then ploughed a large amount of the cash he had extorted into “lavish” property developments in the Gambia.

Gassama, 34, of Offenhan Covert, Kings Norton, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 charges of fraud and one of money laundering,

'Black magic' healer who conned women out of £150,000 is jailed - Birmingham Mail