'I felt dirty and filthy and worthless': Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart relives moment she was raped by captor aged just 14

Elizabeth Smart yesterday talked of her torment after being kidnapped by a drifter who held her captive for nine months, saying she 'felt dirty and filthy and worthless' when he declared she was his 'wife' and raped her.

In a moving speech, she also revealed her fears that she would be killed by her captor - she even begged him to leave her body somewhere where her family could find it.

And she spoke about the moment she resolved to escape, in order to repay the love her mother had always given her.                  Full Read