Psychic
Barber Denies Contact
Updated:
16:16, Tuesday October 02, 2007
A
medium dubbed the Psychic Barber has denied being contacted by the parents of
Madeleine McCann for help in tracing their missing daughter.
Gordon
Smith has reportedly been approached by Gerry and Kate McCann to help in the hunt
for the child.
But
he told Sky News that he has not spoken to anyone from the missing four-year-old's
family - but said he would be willing to help if he could.
Smith
- who describes himself as the seventh son of a seventh son and an "astoundingly
accurate" medium - is also a barber in Glasgow, Gerry's home town.
The
McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have had more than 1,000 approaches from
people claiming to be mediums since Madeleine's disappearance in Portugal in May.
While
any information judged to be relevant or credible has been passed on to police,
the McCanns have had no direct contact with psychics.
But
relatives in Scotland have reportedly been pressing the couple to meet a psychic
since their return to the UK in September.
The
couple, both devout catholics, are understood not to have ruled it out although
nothing has been agreed.
"They
are desperate for help and even some family members are suggesting it as a possible
route," a friend said.
"It
looks like one or two family members are saying why don't you have a look at so
and so."
The
family's spokesman Clarence Mitchell said he understood that "one or two
in Scotland" have been in touch with family members to discuss helping them.
"But,
as far as I'm aware, Kate and Gerry have not directly asked for that assistance
and I understand none has been agreed," he added.
"If
there is a specific piece of information that can be looked at, such as a car
registration or a name, then that is checked out.
"The
police do not dismiss these things entirely."
Early
in the investigation Portuguese police insisted they had to consider tip-offs
from people claiming to be psychics because an abductor could be using a mystic
as a way to communicate with them.
