00:00Russell Brand has been handed his sentence after being found guilty of rape and three counts of
00:06sexual assault. The 51-year-old was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday following a
00:13trial which began in October. He had faced seven charges in total, including three counts of rape,
00:20three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault. He was found not guilty on
00:25three counts. The offences took place between 2004 and 2009 and involved four women who were
00:33all entitled to lifelong anonymity. Brand was handed a sentence of 10 years and six months
00:40in prison. The judge says he will serve at least two-thirds of that sentence.
