The Book Hive, located in London Street, Norwich, has been targeted by a perpetrator who has stolen books from the shop on several occasions.

Now, as a preventive measure, the book shops says it will cast a "hex" on the thief.

Hexes are typically cast through rituals that channel negative energy.

"Yes, we’ve had to open a psychic conduit to the UK’s foremost practitioner of fictional wizardry........

© Norwich Evening News