Sabine and Laetitia live to tell their horrifying story

SABINE Dardenne was 12 when her 80-day rape ordeal in the house of Belgian paedophile and murderer Marc Dutroux began.

Laetitia Delhez was 14 when she was abducted, to be imprisoned in the same cellar as Sabine while Dutroux abused her in turn. They were not the first victims of Dutroux but what was different about these two girls was that, unlike four others, they lived to tell their story.

Ms Dardenne's testimony in court this April proved particularly damning in the eyes of the Belgian press.