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 term The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for more than eight hours last week to return a unanimous verdict where they found Brand guilty on four of the seven charges. He was found guilty of one count of rape and three incidents of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two rape counts and one attempted incident. He was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a colleague’s birthday party in a