REVEALED: POLICE PROBE THERAPIST’S ‘ARROW ASSAULT’ ON FORMER RUC OFFICER

The former RUC officer (left) pushes arrow into throat as Craig Price looks on

The former RUC officer (left) pushes arrow into throat as Craig Price looks on

EXCLSUSIVE: A DISCIPLE of healing TV guru couple the Speakmans is at the centre of an assault probe on a former RUC officer.

Therapist Craig Price, who learned his craft under celebrity ITV This Morning life coaches Nik and Eva Speakman, was interviewed under caution last month by officers from Staffordshire police.

The 43-year-old was questioned for half an hour on Monday, May 20, after voluntarily attending a police in Shropshire.

He was interviewed about claims that he assaulted the former RUC officer with a ‘tournament arrow’ during a session to help cure his post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

And Mr Price was also quizzed about claims he defrauded the ex-policeman out of £1,000 after promising he could cure him of his condition.

Staffordshire police confirmed to Belfast Daily: “Earlier last month (May), an allegation of assault was made against an individual who lives in Staffordshire.

“The allegation was made to colleagues at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and passed on to Staffordshire Police to progress.

“It relates to an alleged incident last summer at the individual’s home in Staffordshire.

“Inquiries into the allegation are ongoing. A man has been voluntarily interviewed and we can confirm no arrests have been made.

“The man was was questioned about an allegation of fraud.”

PC Tom Davies told the complainant that during the course of the interviews he personally tried out the tournament arrow.

“It left a mark on my throat and it was bit painful aftewards,” PC Davies told the complainant.

“The arrows he brought in were rounded at the top. Two were broken but I have retained one of them which is unbroken.”

The arrow bends as th former RUC officers pushes it into the wall watched by Craig Price

The arrow bends as th former RUC officers pushes it into the wall watched by Craig Price

The ex-RUC officer told Belfast Daily he had two sessions with Craig Price, one  in May and the other in July last year.

“During the summer of 2012, I made two expensive trips to England to be treated by one of the Speakman’s ‘elite’ practitioners, Craig Price.

“Before I left, I spoke to him on the phone and he said he had a 90 per cent success rate with VCDT (visual coding displacement therapy) and ten per cent got between 70 to 80 per cent success rate. Others got 100 per cent success rate.

“His therapy included persuading me to break a wooden tournament arrow at a wall by pressing my throat against it.

“I did it and afterwards he clapped and hugged me.

“It was only after the session and I got into a hired car, my wife said to me: ‘Goodness, what happened to your throat?’.

“I pulled the visor down and checked in the vanity mirror and discovered that the point of the arrow had acutely pierced my skin and cause the wound to bleed.

“The result of this treatment was that when I came home, instead of it making me better it had in fact made my PTSD and other fear-related issues worse.

“It has put my recovery back many years.

“The two sessions cost £1,000 pounds – £500 per session – and during these he spent about ten minutes on VCDT and rest of the time he talked.

“I believe he has committed an act of fraud because he promised he could cure me and he couldn’t.

“Staffordshire police tried to tell me my fraud complaint was a Trading Standards matter.

“But when I contacted Tradings Standards they said it was a police matter.”

Last weekend, his wife gave a statement to the PSNI in Belfast regarding the injury to his throat caused by the arrow.

“PC Davies told me that the arrows Craig Price brought to the interview were either blunted or rounded.

“But I told him in the presence of witnesses that the arrow Craig Price used on me was pointed and very sharp.”

TV gurus Nick and Eva Speakman certified Craig Price

TV gurus Nik and Eva Speakman certified Craig Price

Craig Price was certified to practice as a pyschotherapist and life coach after training under Nik and Eva Speakman.

However, Price, who address in Companies House is listed as The Stables, Sidway Hall Farm, Market Drayton, Shropshire, is not registered with the British Psychotherapists Society.

Added the former RUC officer: “I asked to go on the ITV This Morning programme to see if the Speakmans would put their money where their mouth is.

“And guess what? ITV have refused to take up the challenge. As yet the people behind the programme have failed to give a valid reason as to why.

“Perhaps the don’t want to put their guests to the test for fear of failure, something which could damage both the reputation of the Speakmans and the reputation of the programme makers.

“Surely this should be seen as an opportunity to test the authenticity of the Speakmans’ methods and techniques on live TV. Clearly, however, the programme makers lack the courage of their convictions.”

Belfast Daily has tried to contact Craig Price for a number of weeks now without success.

We have left a number of voicemails on his phone but none of the calls have been returned.

 

 

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