(AAP) A spiritual healer denied telling a Sydney man he was drawing out black blood which was “the evil” when he placed suction cups on him and read out the Koran.
Riza Morinaj also told police the man did not tell him to stop or say he was being hurt by the procedure which Morinaj said was to reduce stress and anxiety.
Morinaj’s recorded police interview was played on Monday at his District Court jury trial where the 39-year-old has pleaded not guilty to detaining the man in company, occasioning him actual bodily harm, in November 2016 at a Sydney home.
The man, who cannot be identified, has testified he was held down on a bed when suction cups were placed on him and he was cut with a small blade after his relatives believed he had been a victim of black magic.
