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Russell Brand convicted of rape and three sexual assaults

BBC News reports from Southwark Crown Court as Brand is taken into custody ahead of sentencing on Monday.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 936,525 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (87,786).

Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault | BBC News

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0:00Adina Campbell reports Brand's conviction for rape and sexual assault from outside Southwark Crown Court.
1:10The jury deliberated for roughly eight and a half hours after a four-week trial.
2:52A background package combines archive footage of Brand with interviews and accounts presented during the case.
5:51Campbell reports that sentencing is scheduled for Monday and that Brand has been taken into custody.

The jury returned guilty verdicts on four charges and acquitted Russell Brand on three others. The comedian and actor was taken into custody after the trial at Southwark Crown Court.

BBC News correspondent Adina Campbell delivers the verdict outside the court, before Lucy Hockings introduces a background report tracing the case through archive footage and interviews with former associates. The jury reached its decisions after roughly eight and a half hours of deliberations following a four-week trial.

The charges concerned six women and dated from 1999 to 2009. All six women are entitled to lifelong anonymity. Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

The breaking report drew nearly 690,000 views in its opening 13 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. BBC News also followed the verdict with a Newscast discussion examining how the trial unfolded.

Returning to Campbell outside court, the report establishes the next step: "We have been told that sentencing will happen on Monday."

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