Kochi: The 51-year-old British actor and comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months raping a woman and sexually assaulting three others during 2004 to 2009.
Delivering the sentence, the Southwark Crown Court described him as a sexual predator who had used his fame and influence to gain access to victims, BBC reported.
Brand received nine years’ imprisonment for the rape conviction nine months for sexually assaulting a woman at a London bar in 2004, 18 months for an assault at the Choice FM studios in 2004 or 2005, and eight months for a separate sexual assault while working on a Channel 4 project in 2009.
The three sentences for sexual assault will run concurrently with one another but consecutively to the nine-year rape sentence, bringing his total prison term to 10 years and six months.
British actor convicted for rape
