WITCHES: WE'RE NORMAL PEOPLE

Priestess speaks out over 'stigma'

- by NADEEM BADSHAH

A HIGH priestess who leads a coven of witches insists they are "normal people that live magical lives".

Alexia Costadina, 38, performs rituals and casts spells for protection, healing and "justice".

She is in charge of 13 witches, aged from 27 to their mid-60s, in Birmingham.

Alexia, a charity worker, said: "We're pagans and witches, but we're also humans in society.