Celebrity healer to the stars sued by patient

A healer whose clients include the Duchess of Cornwall and Geri Halliwell faces a High Court lawsuit from a former patient who claims treatments led to him having both legs amputated.

Mosaraf Ali has built up an enviable client list treating a range of conditions with alternative therapies including yoga, relaxation and massage.

He is credited with having helped Camilla stop smoking and socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson cure her cocaine habit. He also advised Miss Halliwell on weight loss.

But the quality of care he provides at his Central London clinic is being questioned by Raj Bathija, 69, a textile trader from Mumbai.

Mr Bathija was treated by Dr Ali in September 2005 after having two strokes that left him struggling to walk and spending most of his time in a wheelchair.

In papers lodged with the High Court, he claims he was advised to eat potassium-rich foods and was given a massage and physiotherapy.