Occult secrets of dead councillor

Ingredients for potions and spells were found in Mr Solheim’s attic
Hidden behind Peter Solheim’s public image as a parish councillor was a fascination with witchcraft, firearms and pornography. The 56-year-old served in the Cornish county parish of Budock. A murder hunt was begun after fishermen found his body five miles off the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall in June 2004.  He had been drugged and then mutilated by a machete or an axe before he died from drowning, the trial into his death was told. Ronald Hutton, professor of history at the University of Bristol and author of books on paganism and witchcraft, told the court an “extraordinarily large and impressive” store of ingredients used for spells and potions were found in Mr Solheim’s attic. Mr Hutton said more than 40 books were found on different aspects of magic and witchcraft.

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