Appeal court cuts sentence for pensioner's rapist

A man jailed for life last year after being convicted of raping a pensioner in her bedroom in 1997 won a two-year reduction in his minimum term today.

Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that a life sentence in the case of Wendell Baker was justified, but reduced his minimum term to eight years and six months – the period he must serve behind bars before becoming eligible to apply for parole.