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UPPER EAST SIDE — A woman claiming to be a psychic stole nearly $10,000 in jewelry from an Upper East Sider as part of a scam to "cleanse" the valuables of evil spirits, police said. The victim contacted the suspect July 28 and asked her to come to her East 83rd Street apartment . When the so-called psychic arrived around 1:40 p.m., she told the victim to give her jewelry so that she could cleanse the items of evil spirits, promising to return the goods a week later, police said. The psychic never returned with the jewelry, which totaled $9,950 and included a $5, 000 gold necklace , a $3,000 pair of white gold earrings , five bangles worth $200, a Gucci sterling silver watch worth $500, an $800 amethyst ring, one sterling silver crystal hoop earring worth $175, and various earrings totaling $275, according to the NYPD. Police are still investigating the theft, they said. The scam has claimed other victims, including a Columbia student who was swindled out of $2,500 earlier ...

Image copyright Getty Images Every year, thousands of Britons vanish from their lives. Kirsty and Zack had just celebrated the birth of their son when Zack suddenly walked out of their home. This is the story of how Kirsty tried to track him down. It's breakfast time and Zack, 28, is running late for his job in a High Street bank . His partner, 34-year-old Kirsty, tells him to hurry up, but he's laughing. He gives Kirsty a kiss and says goodbye to the children - a seven-year-old and a baby of just five weeks. As he walks out to the street, the eldest child goes to the window and makes heart shapes with her hands to Zack below. It's an ordinary morning. A couple of hours later, Kirsty receives a text message from Zack to say he's not coming back. The morning he disappears, Zack phones his work to say he can't come in. Instead, he walks into a police station and tells them if anyone reports him missing, he doesn't want to be found. Kirsty discovers this when sh...

Abdelbaki Es Satty (pictured) was involved in the deadly ISIS attacks on the Brussels airport and underground in 2016" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Police are now looking into whether Abdelbaki Es Satty (pictured) was involved in the deadly ISIS attacks on the Brussels airport and underground in 2016 The Imam suspected of masterminding the Barcelona terrorist attacks travelled to Belgium three months before the Brussels bombing and was friends with the Madrid train bombers , it has been revealed.  Police are now looking into whether Abdelbaki Es Satty , who is believed to have radicalised members of the terror cell that attacked Barcelona and Cambrils, was involved in the deadly ISIS attacks on the Brussels airport and underground in 2016. Last week, a 12- strong terror cell launched attacks in northern Spain leaving 14 dead and around 130 injured.  Es Satty was reportedly friends with some of those jailed for the Madrid train bombings in 2004, having sp...