🔴BREAKING 🇬🇧LONDON: RUSSELL BRAND JAILED 10½ YEARS FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after a jury convicted the 51-year-old comedian of raping a 21-year-old fan in 2009 and sexually assaulting 3 other women between 2004 and 2009. Mr Justice Joel Bennathan called him a sexual predator. Police are investigating 2 further rape allegations.

• The total is 10 years and 6 months: 9 years for the rape, with the 3 assault terms — 9 months, 18 months and 8 months — running concurrently with each other and consecutively to the rape term.

• The jury convicted Brand on November 5 after a 4-week trial, and cleared him of 2 further counts of rape and 1 count of attempted indecent assault.

• The rape victim was a 21-year-old fan he met after a 2009 show at the Hammersmith Apollo; the assaults took place at a Soho bar in 2004, at the Capital Radio studios in 2005, and on a Channel 4 project in 2009.

• Brand denied every charge and said all the encounters were consensual; the judge refused him bail after the verdict, and he has been in custody since November 5.

• He must serve two-thirds of the sentence before release on licence, and he will stay on the sex offenders' register for life.

• The Metropolitan Police confirmed it is investigating 2 further rape allegations; those allegations are not part of this sentence.

Brand, once one of Britain's biggest comedy stars, has been in custody since the verdict, and the Metropolitan Police is still investigating 2 further rape allegations that are not part of this sentence. He will stay on the sex offenders' register for life.

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Sources: CBC News, The Associated Press, The Guardian, Sky News

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Russell Brand Condamné À 10 Ans Et Demi Pour Viol Et Agressions Sexuelles

Russell Brand a été condamné lundi à 10 ans et 6 mois de prison par la Southwark Crown Court, après qu'un jury a reconnu le comédien de 51 ans coupable du viol d'une admiratrice de 21 ans en 2009 et d'agressions sexuelles contre 3 autres femmes entre 2004 et 2009. Le juge Joel Bennathan l'a traité de prédateur sexuel. La police enquête sur 2 autres allégations de viol.

• Le total est de 10 ans et 6 mois : 9 ans pour le viol, et les peines pour les 3 agressions — 9 mois, 18 mois et 8 mois — concurrentes entre elles et consécutives à la peine pour viol.

• Le jury l'a déclaré coupable le 5 novembre au terme d'un procès de 4 semaines, et l'a acquitté de 2 autres chefs de viol et d'1 chef de tentative d'agression indécente.

• La victime du viol était une admiratrice de 21 ans rencontrée après un spectacle au Hammersmith Apollo en 2009; les agressions ont eu lieu dans un bar de Soho en 2004, dans les studios de Capital Radio en 2005 et lors d'un projet de Channel 4 en 2009.

• Brand a nié tous les chefs et affirmé que toutes les rencontres étaient consenties; le juge a refusé sa libération sous caution après le verdict, et il est détenu depuis le 5 novembre.

• Il devra purger les deux tiers de sa peine avant une libération sous licence et restera inscrit à vie au registre des délinquants sexuels.

• La police métropolitaine a confirmé enquêter sur 2 autres allégations de viol; ces allégations ne font pas partie de cette peine.

Sources : CBC News, The Associated Press, The Guardian, Sky News