British soldier accused of spying for Iran ‘used black magic to protect Nato chief from the Taliban’
A British Army Corporal accused of spying for Iran performed ‘black magic’ on the Nato commander to protect him from the Taliban, a court heard today.Daniel James, 45, told how he surrounded himself with candles and shells and used voodoo practices on a photograph of General David Richards so God would defend them both during their time in Afghanistan.In extraordinary scenes at the Old Bailey, Tehran-born James, who worked as an interpreter for the General in Kabul, said he was the equivalent of a Christian priest in a religion called Yoruba.
