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Sunday Times journalist Rosamund Urwin describes the run-in she had with Russell Brand's barrister as she was exiting the courtroom of his rape trial. Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and several counts of sexual assault by a jury on Thursday. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00He said, well I bet you're pleased with yourself and I said, well I'm pleased justice has been done
00:05because obviously I worked in this investigation a long time, there are a lot of women who are
00:10very invested in this case, even those who are not, who were not part of criminal proceedings
00:15and with them at the forefront of my mind I said that and he said to me, well it hasn't
00:20been
00:21and then he said you, and I'm not going to say the word, but he swore at me and the
00:25word began
00:25with an F, you F'd it. And I was a bit surprised to be spoken like that by a barrister,
00:32I mean
00:32it's not a normal exchange in any professional setting, let alone between a barrister and a
00:40journalist, you know, it tends to be a very respectful relationship even if we think we're on opposite sides as
00:46it were.

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