TV mindreader let off jury duty because court officials feared he may wreck trial

A TV mindreading star was excused jury duty after fears he might wreck the trial. Drew McAdam's act includes reading thoughts, duplicating drawings done in secret and bending cutlery Uri Geller-style.

He turned up at court after being called to sit on a case. But the 54-yearold was sent home after officials recognised him as the human lie detector on Five's Trisha chatshow.



He revealed: "The clerk had seen me doing body language and mindreading. "Then he told me he was surprised that they had even let somebody like me on a jury in the first place."

Army-trained Drew, from West Calder, West Lothian, honed his skills during a stint as an intelligence officer. He was called for jury duty last week at Livingston Sheriff Court.