Russell Brand ‘moved from HMP Wandsworth to category C jail for his safety’

Russell Brand has reportedly been moved from his prison cell in London to a more “relaxed” jail 90 miles away.

The 51-year-old comedian was jailed last week after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during his career.

According to the newspaper, concerns for Brand’s safety and him being deemed a low escape risk could have prompted the move.

Russell Brand has reportedly been moved to HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire

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Littlehey offers a large variety of extra-curricular activities for its inmates, including yoga, choir and indoor bowls. It also hosts an inter-wing football league.

His new confines reportedly consist of a single-person cell on the prison’s E Wing and he has yet to make contact with any of the other 1,200-odd inmates housed at the facility.

But it was thought to have been deemed too dangerous for Brand.

Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault

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Retired prison governor Vanessa Frake told The Sun: “I am absolutely flabbergasted that he is in a Category C prison.

“He has no previous convictions, but he has got a substantial sentence — and there’s possibly more in the pipeline.”

He is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence.

A prisoner transport van leaves HMP Wandsworth on Monday, November 9, when Russell Brand was sentenced for rape and sexual assault

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However the force has said the investigation into the alleged rape remains ongoing.

Ms Latter was referred to under the pseudonym of Alice in an investigation by the Sunday Times, The Times, and Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, which included allegations against Brand froma number of women.