Couple jailed for holding woman as sex slave
A DEVIANT who sexually abused a mentally disabled woman while holding her prisoner in his house for eight years has been jailed.
Keith Baker was sentenced to 15 years in prison for keeping the woman as a sex slave in a room with no light bulb, carpets or curtains at his filthy house in Craigavon, Co Armagh.
The door had no handle on the inside and the toilet was overflowing with human excrement.
Baker, 61, filmed many of his attacks for his own sexual gratification and held sway over his wife, who was also imprisoned, and another partner through his willingness to resort to violence and total immorality, a judge said at Craigavon Crown Court.
The victim was so badly emaciated she had only one tooth left once she was rescued by police in 2012 after Baker’s second partner raised the alarm.
Baker’s wife Caroline, 54, was imprisoned for three years, with half to be served in the community under licence, after the pair were filmed sexually assaulting their victim.
The woman was reported missing in Cambridge in England in 2004. She was taken to Northern Ireland by Baker.
Keith Baker, whose address was given as prison, and Caroline Baker pleaded guilty to sexual activity involving penetration and causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activity.
He was also charged with rape and indecent assault. Caroline Baker was charged with aiding and abetting rape and other sexual offences including indecent assault.