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First a very disturbing story and I must warn

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you the following report contains upsetting details.

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A court was told today about how a woman with severe learning

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difficulties was kept a virtual prisoner in a house in Craigavon

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and subjected to appalling sexual abuse for eight years.

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That abuse was carried out by Keith Baker and his

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Her plight was only discovered when another woman who lived

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When the police rescued the woman just before Christmas 2012, she was

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emaciated and had only one single tooth left. The only toilet she had

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access to was overflowing with human waste. The woman appeared very

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confused, ask how long she had been in the room she spoke in a child

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like voice and did not know if it had been six or two years. She was

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first brought to Northern Ireland in 2004 by Baker. Today at Craigavon

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Caught the prosecuting barrister said that Keith Baker's live had

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been dominated by his sexual needs and desires. Both he, in a

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wheelchair, and his wife, hang their heads throughout the hearing as

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graphic details were outlined of horrific sexual assaults captured on

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video was shot by Keith Baker and then both he and his wife can be

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seen repeatedly raping the woman over a matter of years. In the

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beginning she is well nourished, by the end she is emaciated. These

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houses are now occupied by people with absolutely no connection to the

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Baker couple. The neighbour also has moved on but back in 2013 she was

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questioned by police and she told them that in eight years of going in

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and out of this house she had never once seen the woman they found on

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that December night. The victim was not registered with a doctor or

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whether dentist, and no benefits had ever been claimed in her name. In

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2004 the husband, who also had severe learning difficulties, had

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reported her missing to the police force in England. The PS and I

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however had no knowledge of all contact with the woman until

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December 2012 when the alarm was raised by a woman referred to by the

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court only as Miss X. She lived with Baker effectively as a second wife

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and was the mother of four of his eight children, Caroline Baker was

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the mother of the other four. It was, the court was told, grossly

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unconventional household. In the end it was Miss X raised the alarm

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bringing to the end eight years of suffering for the victim and

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beginning a legal process that will end when the couple sentenced next

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Tuesday. Gordon Adair, BBC Newsline, Craigavon.

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Discussions continued all day and into the evening as efforts

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continued at Stormont to try and find a way to restore

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There are just three days to go before the deadline to elect a first

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and deputy first minister runs out at four o'clock on Monday afternoon.

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Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon reports.

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In the Stormont sunshine the people who must do the dealing could hardly

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look more relaxed but appearances can be deceptive. And some distance

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still remains. It always seems to come to this point, time running out

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and the deadline concentrating minds. So what are the chances? I

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believe that a deal is still achievable. With goodwill, good

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spirits, and that positive intent. But time is short, and we must

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firmly focused on those key issues to enable an executive to be formed

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on Monday. We are likely to be here order into the evening, I suspect we

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will be here tomorrow but do believe that the deadline of four o'clock on

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Monday is not one that can be taken lightly. Some believe the odds can

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only be improved by the appearance of the DUP leader at the funeral of

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Martin McGuinness and the warm reception she received. Although

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that alone cannot be enough. People must understand that symbolism,

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while very important, only takes us so far. What need to do now is

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embrace that positive spirit that we saw in Derry yesterday, and begin to

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move this process forward. But there still remains a problem that

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successive talks have failed to resolve, the past. The fact that the

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issue has not been resolved has damaged the ability to do politics

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in a broader sense here and the British government know that, that's

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why we had talks, that's why we have a fresh start agreement, the British

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government failed to deliver on the back of all those sets of talks. So

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if you think this is a serious proposition for families and

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campaign groups out there to say, let's kick the scan down the road

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for another bit and see how it works out, then that is not serious

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approach. So there's much to do before the parties can enjoy their

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day in the sun. The potential of getting a deal by 4pm is probably

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limited. The heat may be on but don't get carried away by the white

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smoke yet. Gareth Gordon, BBC Newsline, Stormont.

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Belfast city hall is lit up in the colours of the union flag

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tonight in solidarity with the people of London

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after the terrorist attack at Westminster earlier this week.

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The building is awash in red, white and blue in memory

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of the four people killed by a man armed with a knife who mowed down

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pedestrians with his car before stabbing to death a policeman

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The attacker was then shot dead by police officers.

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Two teenage boys have been injured in a petrol bomb

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It happened last night in the Lakelands area.

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The boys were watching television in the living room

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when the device was thrown through a window.

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Both suffered injuries to their feet from broken glass.

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The police said a group of three or four young people were seen

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running away from the house after the attack.

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A local Ulster Unionist MLA condemned the attack.

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As it happens, the two children, although only slightly hurt and did

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not receive hospital treatment last night are receiving it today. Had

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they not escaped, had that fire taken hold quickly, and smoke

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infiltrated the building, than those children would not have got out and

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we would be looking at a murder scene and they would have to live

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with that for the rest of their lives.

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Football now and the Republic drew 0-0 with Wales in tonight's

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There are concerns that Seamus Coleman could be out

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of the game for some time following a challenge

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which saw Wales reduced to ten men and the Ireland

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Knowing that Serbia's 3-1 victory over Georgia today had that Serbia

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top of the group and was vitally important for Martin O'Neill's site

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to maintain their unbeaten Mac start to the qualifying campaign. Brian

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McBride was remembered with applause before the match and also in the

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fifth minute. His former Derry City team-mate James McLean wore his

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number five jersey in his memory. In a very cagey first half neither

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keeper was threatened, although after the interval one moment of

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magic from Welsh superstar Gareth Bale almost broke the deadlock.

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Wales were then reduced to ten men when Neil Taylor's reckless

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challenge on Seamus Coleman merited a red card. The Irish captain was

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stretchered off the pitch in obvious pain with a suspected broken leg. It

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provoked a reaction from the Republic, James McLean went close

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for the home side, his well struck shot deflected wide. With time

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ticking down Gareth Bale almost smashed and for Wales. But both

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sides had to make do with one point. Next to the Republic of Ireland, a

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friendly next Tuesday against Iceland, the next qualifier will be

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against Austria in June. Thomas Kane, ABC News Lang, at the Aviva

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Stadium in Dublin. -- BBC Newsline. Northern Ireland will be at home

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to Norway on Sunday. Now in rugby, Ulster have beat

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Newport Gwent Dragons 27-17 John Andrew burrowed in for a late

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try after an Ulster maul, Good evening. Lovely to see some

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springlike sunshine today, more of that this weekend, high-pressure

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keeping its dry. Springlike sunshine during daylight hours, the night is

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still quite cold so quite a range in temperatures between day and night.

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Certainly tonight with the clear skies, the temperatures are falling

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down towards freezing in the towns, a couple of degrees lower than that

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in the countryside, quite widespread frost and perhaps the odd pocket of

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fog. Tomorrow, a fine day, dry with decent spells of

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sunshine but will be a cold start and frosty early on. Once the sun

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gets up it will melt but frost away. And for much of Britain and Ireland

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we will be looking at a lot of fine weather with a good deal of

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sunshine, still a bit breezy towards the south of England and the north

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of Scotland, a bit more clout, although also mainly dry. Through

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the central swathe of the country the winds are light so it will be

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pleasant as those temperatures rise, eventually reaching 14 or 15 in

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parts of Northern Ireland, especially towards the west and east

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coast, fresher. Tomorrow night the clocks moving forward one our come

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into British summer Time. After a frosty start Sunday looks like

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another fine springlike day.

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