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© Ian Cooper Paul Friday of Netherley believes his Ford Transit is haunted by a poltergeist. He says he has images taken on his mobile phone that show ghostly faces of a male spirit that are unexplainable.
Desperate owner Paul Friday even tried selling the Ford Transit on eBay to get rid of the spirits

A 'haunted' van allegedly vandalised by poltergeists has been scrapped by its owner, after 12 months of being 'plagued by demonic spirits.'

Paul Friday, who runs a wheelie bin cleaning company, claims the ghouls moved from his home into his van after a medium from a local church exorcised them - and now he believes they're trying to kill him after switching to haunting him personally.

The 54-year-old also claims he was left with no choice but to scrap the Ford Transit and all of his work equipment after a string of 'terrifying' incidents including having his brakes tampered with and his van being doused with a gallon of petrol by 'demonic entities.'

Paul Friday of Netherley believes his Ford Transit is haunted by a poltergeist. He says he has images taken on his mobile phone that show ghostly faces of a male spirit that are unexplainable. Photo by Ian Cooper

He said: "It all started about 12 months ago when I bought a new generator.

"It kept breaking and when I took it to be repaired the wires were all ruined. After getting it fixed it happened again and the repairman said 'it must be a ghost.'

"Strange things started happening in the house and in the van so I called someone out from the spiritualist church - they said they had 'sent the spirits to the light' and that they were gone.

"But things kept happening in my van - the spiritualist, Wendy, spent half an hour in the back of there and came out physically drained.

"She said that the spirit was very powerful and that the best advice was probably to get rid of it. It was damaging my business as I couldn't work."

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© Ian Cooper Paul claims the spirits caused this damage to the floor of his van
Paul originally tried to get rid of the van by selling it on eBay but claims that the poltergeists sabotaged his efforts by ripping up the floor of the vehicle.

He said: "The spiritualist church advised I just got rid of the van. It was a powerful ghost and it became dangerous so I decided to scrap the van and everything in it.

"My friend put it on eBay for me and then the next day I opened the back of the van up and the floor had been ripped up, so I ended up scrapping the whole lot."

Now, Paul is appealing for help in getting rid of the ghosts.

He said: "I just need somebody to help me. It is becoming dangerous and I honestly think they're trying to kill me.

"If you'd have told me this a few years ago I'd have never believed you, I don't believe in anything like this but after the last 12 months I do believe and I need to get help."

Local paranormal author Tom Slemen's advice for Paul

The Echo contacted local paranormal expert Tom Slemen who says he believes that Paul is a victim of a rare 'person centred haunting.'

He said: "Most ghosts and troublesome entities haunt a premises or a specific location, but occasionally they target a person and move about with that person, and sometimes this terrifying state of affairs can go on for years.

"One of the first cases I investigated was a person-centred haunting in Speke in which a male spirit persecuted a teenaged girl and the family asked me what they should do.

"I told them to consider moving, and they eventually did, but then they heard loud knocks on the furniture removal van as it travelled along Speke Boulevard - the thing had moved with them.

"Seven exorcisms took place, all to no avail, but eventually died down. Some years later, the girl went to a spiritualist who did not know of the stalking spirit, and this woman told the female victim that a tall man in old-fashioned clothes was with her, and that he had been following her around because she looked exactly like the girl he had loved - and lost - a hundred years back.

"The best course of action is for the victim to try and attend a place of worship - be it a church, mosque or synagogue. Hopefully this won't be a lengthy person-centred haunting."