Russell Brand to be sentenced for rape and sexual assault today – latest updates

Disgraced comedian was convicted last week and was warned he faces a ‘signficant’ prison termThe actor-comedian had been free but was taken into custody immediately after the jury returned the guilty verdicts last Thursday.His defence lawyer Ian Winter KC had put in a plea for bail, arguing for Brand to have the weekend to say goodbye to his wife and three children.I regret the hardship caused to the children, of course.But the hardship has been caused by serious criminal offending by their father.He was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a colleague’s birthday party in a bar in Soho, London in 2004, but found not guilty of orally raping her in a bathroom.He was found guilty of kissing and groping another woman at a London radio station in 2004 or 2005He was convicted of anally raping a fan at his home after meeting her backstage at one of his comedy shows in 2009He was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who says the comedian demanded a massage and pressed his face into her groin during an advert recording in 2009. Continue reading...