Witch is religious leaflet target

The owner of a witchcraft shop in Devon said she had been targeted by "religious" literature. Nikki Kitchen, who practices witchcraft and runs White Trinity Witch in Plymouth, said pro-christian leaflets were pushed through the door. Anonymous handwritten notes have also been delivered to the shop.

Ms Kitchen previously had to stop running a stall in Plymouth's indoor market because of abusive comments. Ms Kitchen said: "Churchgoers think we're the spawn of satan. It's been quite harsh and heavy but you've got to laugh it off. They expect us to accept their religion but they don't look at Paganism as being one of the oldest religions going.

"I think people are just uneducated, it's not about devil worship at all. It's about love light and using the earth to heal the people around us." Dr Theodore Danson-Smith who runs a company which distributes leaflets like Ms Kitchen received, said: "We don't send any hate mail whatsoever.

"It's not hate mail, it's telling the way of salvation. Any witchcraft shop is working for satan not for god." He said he did not know which christian group had posted the leaflets, which are entitled "The Beast" and written in comic book form, through Mrs Kitchen's door. "I don't know who they are but god bless them, they're wanting to save her from going to a lost eternity."