Girl raped 'three times a day' by self-styled prophet

A woman abducted at 14 from her bedroom seven years ago told a Utah court that her captor raped her three or four times a day, kept her tied up with a cable and threatened to kill her if she tried to escape.

Self-styled prophet Brian Mitchell is accused of holding Elizabeth Smart captive for nine months.

Miss Smart, now a 21-year-old college student, gave evidence in Salt Lake City as part of a hearing over whether Mitchell (aged 55) is mentally competent to stand trial.