Simon Gold was found guilty of "devious and well thought out crimes", with the judge saying while he was a man of enterprise and intelligence, he “applies his acumen to crime”.

A former psychic has been convicted by a jury of the theft and money laundering of €1.6m.

The trial of a former psychic charged with money laundering has heard the accused “is not Walter Mitty” and that he created fake documents that “conned real people out of real money in real life”.

A dairy farmer has told the trial of a former psychic charged with money laundering that it “would be easier to get through to Donald Trump” than to contact the man he thought was managing his loan.