Witchcraft Pardon Plea Rejected
MSPs have rejected calls for the last woman to be convicted under witchcraft legislation to be pardoned.
Helen Duncan, from Callander, served nine months in Holloway prison in 1944 after telling a seance a warship had sunk, before the news was made public.
She was convicted under the Witchcraft Act of 1735 for pretending to exercise or use any kind of "witchcraft" or "sorcery" to tell fortunes.
The petition was rejected unanimously by the committee and follows the same decision by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who refused a similar request last year.
Committee member Nigel Don of the SNP said: "I feel we've got better things to talk about. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
Helen Duncan, from Callander, served nine months in Holloway prison in 1944 after telling a seance a warship had sunk, before the news was made public.
She was convicted under the Witchcraft Act of 1735 for pretending to exercise or use any kind of "witchcraft" or "sorcery" to tell fortunes.
The petition was rejected unanimously by the committee and follows the same decision by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who refused a similar request last year.
Committee member Nigel Don of the SNP said: "I feel we've got better things to talk about. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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