Sex monster Richard Baker's youngest victim has revealed how she hopes the DJ dies in prison for his sickening reign of terror.

The plucky 15-year-old Leigh schoolgirl is still picking up the pieces of her shattered life knowing that the pervert who raped her will be behind bars for many years.

"I know he's going to get life but I think that should mean until he dies," she said after Baker was led away to the cells.

DJ Richard Baker - initially dubbed the A13 rapist - was convicted on Friday of three rapes and a string of other sex offences. The Old Bailey jury of nine women and three men delivered a unanimous verdict after eight hours and 20 minutes of deliberations.

For more on Richard Baker, see the stories headlined 'A13 rapist' in our Newsround section She was determined to overcome her terror and watch as jurors at the Old Bailey trial delivered their damning verdict.

For the pretty, dark-haired victim it was the first time she had been face-to-face with her attacker since he dragged her from the A13 London Road, Leigh, in the early hours of August 31 last year.

Beaming from ear to ear, Baker's 15-year-old rape victim said: "I'm so happy. I can't stop smiling.

"When I heard the word guilty I just felt a massive surge of relief."

The court heard how Baker stalked the girl before pouncing, grabbing her around the throat and covering her mouth with his hand.

He told his sobbing victim he would "break her neck", before forcing her to strip down to just a pair of socks. He then subjected her to a prolonged and depraved sexual assault which tore her young world apart.

Baker, a 34-year-old part-time disc jockey, is behind bars at Belmarsh prison in south London. He will be sentenced on June 18 once a psychiatric report has been prepared.

The report was ordered by Recorder David Stokes after the nine woman and three man jury found him guilty of three rapes, an attempted rape, two indecent assaults, an attempted indecent assault and an affray.

Baker, of Bodmin, Cornwall, further admitted four indecent assaults and an assault causing actual bodily harm.

Smartly dressed in a pair of beige trousers, a blue shirt and patterned tie, he closed his eyes briefly - just once - as the jury foreman read out a string of unanimous guilty verdicts.

For seven of his victims - watching intently from the gallery - it was the moment they had been waiting for.

Some smiled. Other burst into tears and hugged their partners.

It may be over for Baker but for his 15-year-old victim, his conviction is just another part of the healing process. The teenager said she is still struggling to get on with her life nine months after being brutally attacked.

She added that the vicious sex assault had affected her mind, life, personality and day-to-day existence.

"At times I have felt I was nothing other than a teenage rape victim."

The 19-year-old man who fought Baker off after he grabbed his girlfriend in the underpass in Queensway, Southend, was also delighted with the verdict.

He said: "I'm buzzing. I would like to see him go down for a very, very long time."

His ex-girlfriend, who was only saved from a worse ordeal by the brave teenager's actions, was not in court to hear the verdict.

Baker's other south Essex victim - a 21-year-old woman who was attacked in Beedell Avenue, Westcliff - did not attend court for the trial as Baker admitted he indecently assaulted her.

Recorder David Stokes told Baker: "As must be obvious you have been convicted of offences of the utmost gravity and face life imprisonment."

Speaking after the verdict, Det Supt David Bright said: "Each and every one of these girls have had their lives tainted by what Baker did to them.

"Not once has he said sorry - the words we wanted to hear."

Commander Paddy Tomkins of the Metropolitan Police said Baker was "cynical, exploitative and has shown no apparent remorse for his crimes.

He added: "Women do not deserve to fear men like him."

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(Right) Insatiable sexual appetite - women flocked around DJ Baker, pictured in Spain. This photograph has been obscured by This Is Essex to protect the woman's identity.

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