The Indo Daily: Marianne Smyth – The American conwoman who claimed to be Jennifer Aniston and a member of the IRA Army Council

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Marianne Smyth, an American, claimed to be Jennifer Aniston, a psychic, an heiress and a Satanic priestess – all part of a long career on both sides of the Atlantic as a swindler and a conwoman.

Smyth has now been convicted at Downpatrick Crown Court of swindling more than £115,000 from four victims, including Derry GAA player Dermot McNicholl.

Smyth, who was extradited from the US to face charges of investment fraud, was found guilty on all counts by a jury that deliberated for just 20 minutes.

Born in Maine, Smyth claimed she had ordered IRA killings, was the heir to a multi-million dollar fortune, and survived cancer, among many other absurd lies

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