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On August 25th, The Sun wrote: Magician’s escape stunt goes wrong


A HAPLESS magician was left in agony after a daring escape trick went wrong.

Dopey Drummond Money-Coutts, 26, was handcuffed and tied to two golf carts — with the aim of freeing himself as the buggies started to drive off in opposite directions.

But the screaming toff suffered severe cuts and bruising as he was dragged along the Tarmac after failing to get loose from one of the ropes.

Last night the trickster, who went to posh school Eton with Princes William and Harry, branded the failed Houdini-style stunt at the prestigious Gleneagles golf course in Perthshire a “disaster”.

Money-Coutts — filming a promotional video for the European Golf tour — said: “The right side of my body is grazed to pieces. There was a lot of blood. I could only get out of the handcuffs and one of the ropes and the driver didn’t realise so I was dragged quite a way.

“It was a success in that I managed to survive it without being totally torn apart.”

Money-Coutts, who had previously performed tricks with European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal, posted pics online of his injuries sustained earlier this week.

Last night he blamed the painful blunder on RAIN. He said: “A series of things went wrong. The weather was the main issue and that meant I couldn’t do it the way I did in rehearsals.”