Council paid for ghostbuster.

Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England) | February 12, 2008 | Copyright

A council which paid a psychic to expel a poltergeist from a family home spent the taxpayers' cash well, say the terrified tenants.

District of Easington Council paid [pounds sterling]60 towards the ghostbuster's fee after the Fallon family asked for her help.

Mum Sabrina Fallon called in medium Suzanne Hadwin after hearing banging from the loft, seeing items fly across rooms and having doors slammed in the family's faces.

The council, which has admitted the action was unusual, agreed to pay half of the [pounds sterling]120 bill because the Fallons ...

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