The Russell Brand verdict is a landmark victory for the understanding of consent | Gaby Hinsliff

The conviction of the comedian for rape and sexual assault upholds the vital principle that women can say no, even after they’ve said yes With all the sanctimony a born-again Christian rapist can muster, Russell Brand paused on his way into court last week to address reporters. Britain was, he told them piously, “ blessed ” to have a legal system capable of accommodating truth and justice. Well, amen to that: the former comedian learned today that he will now serve a substantial jail sentence,