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Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, will probably die in jail after being found guilty of raping two of his followers and keeping his own daughter locked up for 30 years.

Balakrishnan, known as Comrade Bala, controlled the minds of his mainly female followers and carried out "sexual degradation" over several decades at a house in Brixton, south London.

He brainwashed cult members and told them he was in control of a machine called Jackie which had been built by the Chinese Communisty Party.

He said it was invisible but could "pull your head out from your body".

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At his trial at Southwark Crown Court Balakrishnan said Jackie stood for Jehovah, Allah, Christ, Krishna, Immortal, Easwaran.

He also told cult members he could trigger natural disasters if they ignored him and made him angry.

Giving evidence Balakrishnan claimed Jackie was responsible for the 1986 space shuttle disaster, the death of a Malaysian prime minister in 1976 and even for getting left-winger Jeremy Corbyn elected as Labour Party leader.

Asked by his own lawyer where Jackie was, he replied: "I can't tell because it might put you to sleep."

Balakrishnan, who now lives in Enfield, north London, was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape.

He was also convicted of two counts of ABH, cruelty to a child under 16, and false imprisonment.

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The trial heard how his daughter was never told that her mother was Sian Davies, who jumped to her death from a window of the house in Brixton in the 1980s.

Balakrishnan's daughter told the court she was constantly beaten and abused, was never hugged, and was attacked for singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

On Friday she said she was relieved at the verdict and added: "I believe justice has definitely been done. I am very happy with the result and at the end of the day he is still my dad."

But as he was led away one of his followers, Josephine Herivel, shouted at the judge: "You're sending an innocent man to prison. Shame on you."

Balakrishnan will be sentenced next month.