DJ convicted of rapes and assaults

London - Disc jockey Richard Baker (34) was yesterday convicted of three rapes, an attempted rape, two indecent assaults, an …

London - Disc jockey Richard Baker (34) was yesterday convicted of three rapes, an attempted rape, two indecent assaults, an attempted indecent assault and an affray. The Old Bailey jury of nine women and three men reached unanimous verdicts after eight hours and 20 minutes. Baker, from Bodmin, Cornwall, had admitted four indecent assaults and one assault causing actual bodily harm, but had denied the other charges. He is to be sentenced for all offences.

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