Life for double jeopardy rapist Wendell Baker
Rapist Wendell Baker has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 10 years and six months, after being convicted under the amended double jeopardy law.
Baker, 56, beat and raped 66-year-old Hazel Backwell before locking her in a cupboard at her home in Stratford, east London.
He was found not guilty in 1999 when a judge wrongly ruled his trial could not proceed. Changes to the law in 2005 meant he could be retried.
BBC London's Aysha Buksh reports from the Old Bailey.
28 Jun 2013
- From the section London