She told how within hours of being abducted in June 2002, she was taken to a secluded mountain campsite and made his polygamous 'wife' in a quickie ceremony.

'After that he proceeded to rape me,' said Miss Smart. She said Mitchell, who already had a wife, Wanda Eileen Barzee, showed her pornography and plied her with alcohol and drugs. Once, she tried to fight him off by biting him.

Miss Smart said Mitchell would rape her three or four times a day, almost every day. There was some respite, usually when Barzee became upset, but it never lasted.

Throughout her captivity, Miss Smart had to wear a white, anklelength robe, a head scarf and two veils across her face.