'Your father said you are to give me €10,000'; psychic goes on trial accused of deception

A woman has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of dishonestly by deception after being accused of telling siblings that their deceased father instructed them to give her money. The accused, from Ballymun in Dublin, allegedly told one complainant during a purported psychic reading that his father said he should provide €10,000, later warning him that refusing would "be a sin and the devil will get you". The man's sister was allegedly told her late father had communicated a request for €200. The complainants, who lived in Cabra, reported the matter after the accused worked as a home carer for one of them. The defendant denies ever conducting readings for the family or receiving any payment, stating she has offered her services without charge for forty years. She claims the complaints stem from a dispute regarding the care arrangement. The trial, before Judge Pauline Codd and a jury, is ongoing.