Russell Brand jailed for 10 and a half years

A judge on Monday jailed British comedian Russell Brand for 10 and a half years for a string of sex offences, calling him a “predator” who showed “staggering arrogance” and contempt for his victims.

According to the BBC, Brand, 51, showed no emotion as judge Joel Bennathan passed sentence at London’s Southwark Crown Court after the ex-TV star was convicted last week of one rape and three sexual assaults against four women between 2004 and 2009.

Brand is likely to serve two-thirds of his sentence in custody according to the Sentencing Council.

Abide by specific rules

The council states offenders jailed for four years or more for some serious violent or sexual offences will be released at the two-thirds point.

Once released, he is likely to spend the rest of his sentence on licence and will have to abide by specific rules – such as wearing a tag.

His sentence will not be included in the new early release scheme. Sex offenders – along with murderers – are exempt from the scheme.

breakdown of Russell Brand’s sentence

In total, Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months.

He has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for the one count of rape, which he will serve consecutively with 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 is one of 10 years and six months.

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