Russell Brand sentenced – Suki Dhadda led by Riel Karmy-Jones KC for the Crown
Comedian and actor Russell Brand has today been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 10 years and six months imprisonment.
The sentence comprises nine years’ imprisonment for one count of rape, which Mr Brand will serve consecutively to the following three sentences:
- Nine months for count three – sexually assaulting a woman whose breasts he grabbed at a bar in London in 2004
- Eighteen months for count five – sexually assaulting a woman at the Choice FM studios in London in either 2004 or 2005, when he grabbed her face and kissed her before touching her breasts and bottom
- Eight months for count seven – sexual assault while working on a Channel 4 project in 2009, when he laid his head into the groin area of a woman working with him without her consent
These three sentences will all be served concurrently to one another – but consecutively to the rape sentence.
This means the total sentence of imprisonment imposed is one of 10 years and six months.
Riel Karmy-Jones KC (Red Lion Chambers) led Suki Dhadda and Katie Bacon (Red Lion Chambers) in the prosecution.
The prosecution team were instructed by Shani Taggart and subsequently David Roberts, both of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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