:00:00. > :00:00.That's Newsnight with Kirstie coming up.
:00:07. > :00:10.A couple have been jailed for a catalogue of abuse
:00:11. > :00:13.against a vulnerable woman who was held as a virtual
:00:14. > :00:17.prisoner in their Craigavon home for eight years.
:00:18. > :00:20.During that time they continually sexually abused their victim,
:00:21. > :00:22.who has severe learning difficulties.
:00:23. > :00:25.The police officer in charge of the case said it was the most
:00:26. > :00:31.61-year-old Keith Baker was sentenced to 15 years in jail
:00:32. > :00:35.while his wife Caroline, who's 54, received a three-year
:00:36. > :00:40.For legal reasons we cannot show a picture of her.
:00:41. > :00:44.A room without comfort which was home to a life
:00:45. > :00:48.without dignity, love, hope or escape.
:00:49. > :00:53.For eight years this tiny dirty room without bed sheets, curtain,
:00:54. > :00:57.light or carpet was all the Bakers' victim saw of the world.
:00:58. > :01:05.A week before Christmas 2012, police officers acting on a request
:01:06. > :01:22.Soon the full horror of what had been going on the to be revealed.
:01:23. > :01:26.This isn't just physical abuse and physical maltreatment. There is a
:01:27. > :01:28.depraved sexual element to this. This woman was raped
:01:29. > :01:29.repeatedly by Baker, who was aided and abetted
:01:30. > :01:31.by his wife. It would also appear these depraved
:01:32. > :01:35.sexual assaults were recorded The judge said it was difficult
:01:36. > :01:38.to understand how the Bakers as a couple had so lost their moral
:01:39. > :01:41.compass as to treat the woman the way they did, but he said
:01:42. > :01:44.sentencing them individually He described Keith Baker
:01:45. > :01:52.as a Svengali figure whereas Caroline Baker was a pawn
:01:53. > :01:57.doing his wedding. whereas Caroline Baker
:01:58. > :01:59.was a pawn doing his bidding. The Bakers lived in these two houses
:02:00. > :02:02.which had been knocked into one They are now occupied by people
:02:03. > :02:06.with no relation to the Bakers. There was Keith, Caroline,
:02:07. > :02:08.their four children and Mandy Highfield,
:02:09. > :02:11.who lived as effectively another wife with four children
:02:12. > :02:16.she and Keith had together. Finally there was the vulnerable
:02:17. > :02:23.woman kept hidden from view. These photos show the family's
:02:24. > :02:25.well-stocked fridge but for When rescued she was
:02:26. > :02:31.so malnourished that almost I think in my time in the police
:02:32. > :02:41.I have never come across a crime To keep this secret
:02:42. > :02:45.required great control. A woman who knew the family but does
:02:46. > :02:50.not want to be identified said Baker achieved this
:02:51. > :02:52.by running Her words are spoken
:02:53. > :02:57.by a member of our staff. He used to stand outside the doctors
:02:58. > :03:02.because I would have He would stand outside the doctors
:03:03. > :03:08.watching what she said. It was revealed in court that
:03:09. > :03:14.Keith and Caroline Baker first met in the 1970s
:03:15. > :03:18.when they were in the Salvation Army, but as a prosecuting lawyer
:03:19. > :03:22.put it, Keith Baker's life was dominated by his sexual wants
:03:23. > :03:28.and desires, which were to culminate in the keeping of this woman
:03:29. > :03:31.as a virtual prisoner Tonight it is the Bakers
:03:32. > :03:35.who are prisoners The woman who initially
:03:36. > :03:44.alerted the police She has been speaking
:03:45. > :03:49.to Gordon Adair. If we'd go out he would be
:03:50. > :03:52.as nice as pie, and then when we were on our own he'd hit me
:03:53. > :03:58.because I was chatting to people. I wasn't allowed to talk
:03:59. > :04:02.to anybody or have friends At some point a third woman
:04:03. > :04:05.came into the picture. There was no light bulb and no
:04:06. > :04:19.lights, no carpet on the floor, It was only when I was in the police
:04:20. > :04:33.station that I found out that Caroline was helping Keith
:04:34. > :04:35.to sexually assault her. I didn't know anything
:04:36. > :04:37.about Caroline assaulting her. Disgusted because Caroline
:04:38. > :04:42.was like a sister to me and I thought she couldn't do
:04:43. > :04:46.something like that The police say five sudden deaths
:04:47. > :04:55.in Belfast since Friday The deaths include a 16-year-old
:04:56. > :05:01.girl and four men. At this stage the police don't
:05:02. > :05:04.believe that any single drug was responsible for the deaths -
:05:05. > :05:09.four of which happened yesterday. A reward of around ?44,000 has been
:05:10. > :05:13.offered by the family of Michaela McAreavey
:05:14. > :05:16.for information which leads to the conviction
:05:17. > :05:19.of whoever killed her. At a news conference in Mauritius,
:05:20. > :05:22.the Tyrone woman's husband and older brother made a direct appeal
:05:23. > :05:25.to local people This is day four of the visit
:05:26. > :05:32.to Mauritius by members of Yesterday they met
:05:33. > :05:37.politicians and police, today was about the people
:05:38. > :05:49.and the press. Mauritius being Mauritius,
:05:50. > :05:53.John McAreavey had to go by boat. In his hand, the words
:05:54. > :05:55.he had been preparing, an appeal to the people
:05:56. > :05:57.of the island to remember This is about Michaela,
:05:58. > :06:09.a 27-year-old woman who travelled to this beautiful island
:06:10. > :06:17.for her honeymoon. Michaela had her whole
:06:18. > :06:23.life ahead of her. She had so much life to live,
:06:24. > :06:29.so much love to give. He then announced a reward -
:06:30. > :06:34.2 million Mauritian rupees, more than ?40,000, to anyone
:06:35. > :06:39.who comes forward with information which leads to the conviction
:06:40. > :06:43.of his wife's killers. If anyone can provide information
:06:44. > :06:49.that will subsequently be used and will lead to a successful
:06:50. > :06:55.conviction in court for the people responsible for Michaela's murder,
:06:56. > :07:00.then they are fully entitled Sitting beside him was Michaela's
:07:01. > :07:06.brother Mark Harte. The McAreaveys are a close family
:07:07. > :07:15.and they all still find it difficult talking about Michaela's death
:07:16. > :07:19.but today Mark Harte had a message The reality is that there
:07:20. > :07:25.are killers walking around in your communities,
:07:26. > :07:29.in your villages, and in your towns. This could be your wife,
:07:30. > :07:43.your daughter, your sister. To try to get their message
:07:44. > :07:51.across they needed a full turnout from Mauritian media,
:07:52. > :07:55.and they got it. What they don't know
:07:56. > :07:57.is whether this news conference They know that the next
:07:58. > :08:10.30 days are crucial. When it comes to rewards,
:08:11. > :08:13.people with new evidence normally come forward quickly or they don't
:08:14. > :08:17.come forward not at all. come forward quickly or they don't
:08:18. > :08:22.come forward at all. Tomorrow we have an exclusive story
:08:23. > :08:24.from our Tomorrow across BBC News we reveal
:08:25. > :08:31.the story of a Belfast man who confessed to the police in 1985
:08:32. > :08:36.that he was a serial child abuser We found him living here
:08:37. > :08:43.openly in Northern Canada. That story across BBC
:08:44. > :08:48.News NI tomorrow. Now here's Angie Phillips
:08:49. > :08:59.with the weather. A lot more settled today although we
:09:00. > :09:05.have had increasing cloud through the second half of the day and it
:09:06. > :09:09.continues tonight. Eventually that will threaten rain and drizzle in
:09:10. > :09:15.the north and west but still a lot of dry weather and fairly mild. It
:09:16. > :09:21.will not be as bright tomorrow, a lot of cloud from the word go and we
:09:22. > :09:25.will still have that threat of patchy drizzle, especially across
:09:26. > :09:31.parts of the north and west. This area of cloud extends into the
:09:32. > :09:34.Northern half of Ireland across much of Scotland into England, eventually
:09:35. > :09:40.done to the south-east later in the day. Brighter towards the South West
:09:41. > :09:46.of England and the southern half of Ireland, also for parts of Scotland
:09:47. > :09:49.but quite breezy here. Northern Ireland in the afternoon could see
:09:50. > :09:55.the odd white interval in the east but still a lot of cloud, highs of
:09:56. > :09:57.11 degrees and as we head towards the weekend, still plenty of dry
:09:58. > :09:58.weather to come. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:09:59. > :10:02.during Breakfast here on BBC One.