# TV psychic left ‘penniless’ after being handed a £220,000 bill after losing inheritance fight tells the judge he ‘didn’t need a crystal ball’ to know he would lose

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tv-psychic-left-penniless-after-being-handed-a-220000-bill-after-losing-inheritance-fight-tells-the-judge-he-didnt-need-a-crystal-ball-to-know-he-would-lose/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:06:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T12:21:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16283969/TV-psychic-left-penniless-handed-220-000-bill-losing-inheritance-fight-tells-judge-didnt-need-crystal-ball-know-lose.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- Gary Pammen has lost his appeal over his father’s will.
- His legal costs now exceed £220,000.
- The £451,840 estate went to his sister and niece.

## Summary

Gary Pammen, a television psychic and poet, has lost a second attempt to overturn his late father’s will, which left the estate to Pammen’s sister and niece. The High Court rejected his appeal, leaving him facing legal costs of more than £220,000; he told the judge he was “penniless” and had expected to lose.

His father, Terrance Pammen, died in 2022 aged 83, leaving an estate valued at £451,840, mostly consisting of a £440,000 house in Stratford, east London. Gary argued that his father lacked the mental capacity to make the 2016 will and did not understand its contents. His sister and niece said Terrance was mentally sharp when he made it, and the original judge upheld the will and ordered Gary to pay £216,000 in costs.

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