Who'da thunk it?

From The Daily Mail:

The intriguing tale of one of Europe's last witch trials that convicted eight women 300 years ago is to be reinvestigated after new evidence was found...

But now Dr Andrew Sneddon from the University of Ulster intends to reveal what really happened with a reappraisal of the trial.

In his upcoming book - Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland, 1586-1946 - the history lecturer contends that their alleged victim, 18-year-old Mary Dunbar, made the whole thing up.