text: A university student attacked by a serial rapist confronted him in court yesterday to say he had taken away ‘every piece of joy’ in her life. Jessica Howard, 23, denounced ‘night stalker’ Clive Howard, 57, for his string of assaults on six women over 28 years. She told him that the catastrophic impact of his attack could never be put into words and has destroyed her life. Clive Howard, 57, (left)  dubbed 'every woman's living nightmare', was today jailed for life and one of his victim's, Jessica Howard, 23, (right) who has bravely waived her right to anonymity . Waiving her right to anonymity, the student – who is not related to the rapist – said he had ‘humiliated’ her and ruined precious relationships with those closest to her. ‘You have made it impossible for me to enjoy moments of happiness. Your attack literally darkens every piece of joy I have,’ she told him. ‘Because of you, my body is now worthless to me. You took away all of my control, took away all meaning to my body other than an inanimate object with no worth.’ The dramatic confrontation came as Howard was jailed for a minimum of ten years and three months after admitting seven rapes, one attempted rape and three kidnappings. Described as ‘every woman’s living nightmare’, he prowled the streets of Cambridge and Norwich looking for victims. The mechanic, a father-of-six who lives with his parents in Battisford, Suffolk, picked up some in his Volvo estate and pounced on others in parks. Yesterday detectives revealed 15 other women have come forward since Howard appeared in court last year to say he also attacked them. Norwich Crown Court heard that Miss Howard was picked up by the rapist after a night out in Norwich last May. He drove her to an isolated car park and raped her. She managed to stagger away half-naked and was rescued by a taxi driver who drove her to a friend. Police discovered CCTV footage which captured images of his car after the attack and driving around Norwich city centre earlier in the evening. A CCTV image of Howard'scar as he prowled the streets of Norwich on the night he raped Jessica Howard . Howard (his car is seen far right in this CCTV) admitted seven counts of rape, three of kidnap and one of attempted rape at an earlier hearing . Separately, a DNA sample matched the unsolved case of a woman who was the victim of an attempted rape in Cambridge almost exactly one year earlier. The woman, aged in her 30s, managed to scratch Howard as she fought him off, trapping vital forensic evidence under her fingernails. It later emerged he had tried to force another woman into his car on the same night and two other women in the city three months earlier. As their investigation widened, police traced a woman who told them Howard had raped her at least six times in Suffolk, starting in 1986. Miss Howard, who is originally from Essex and is studying history of art and literature at the University of East Anglia, sat just yards from Howard as she addressed him. Reading an open letter, she said: ‘To describe the ramifications of you raping me is impossible. I cannot put the full extent into words. I trusted you to take me home. Still, I blame myself for being raped, for getting into your car. ‘I had to see my mother’s face as she looked at her only daughter after she had been violated in the worst possible way.’ The car park where Howard took Miss Howard to rape her after picking her up and offering her a lift home . Miss Howard was able to describe his Volvo (pictured) to police, who traced him to an address in Suffolk . She added: ‘On top of this you have ruined my relationships with friends and family. Friends who do not know how to react have removed themselves from my life. Some ignore it as if it doesn’t matter. ‘How am I supposed to enter into a happy relationship, to have a happy life with the stigma of what you have done tormenting me? How am I meant to have a family if I always remember what you did, the sickening belief still stirring in my stomach that it was my fault.’ Sentencing him, Judge Stephen Holt described Miss Howard’s statement as ‘heart-rending’ and said the ‘effect you had on her life is devastating’. He added: ‘This was a campaign of sexual offences for many years. You did severe psychological harm to your victims. Two describe you spanking them – this is additional humiliation and degradation. There was clearly a significant degree of planning and targeting.’ Outside court, Detective Sergeant Chris Burgess described Howard as a ‘dangerous predatory loner’ who frequented dating websites and used prostitutes. He said: ‘There is concern there are further victims out there and we would encourage anybody who believes they were attacked by him to come forward.’
target: Clive Howard, 57, preyed on lone women on Norfolk and Cambridge streets .
  He was jailed for life after final victim was able to describe his Volvo car .
  Jessica Howard, 23, was returning from a night out when he raped her .
  Since he was found guilty 15 more potential victims have come forward .