The judge told Brand “imprisonment will deprive your children of the presence of their father, that sad loss to them however is caused by your serious offending.”
Photographers take pictures through the windows of a prison van believed to contain Russell Brand as it is driven away from Southwark Crown Court last week
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The actor and comedian was found guilty of raping a young fan he met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows in 2009.
He was also found guilty of sexually assaulting a Capital Radio worker after encountering her in a corridor in 2005 and of sexually assaulting a Channel 4 worker during a forced massage in 2009.
Brand was found guilty of groping a MTV worker during a party at a Soho bar in 2004, but found not guilty of orally raping her in a toilet.
A court sketch of Russell Brand listening to the judge reading the jury’s verdict on Thursday
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His rape victim explained how “every update regarding the case brought back memories of the incident and felt like reopening old wounds”.
The judge said factors in mitigation for Brand in deciding how long he served included his lack of previous convictions and that “17 years had passed” since his final offence, and how Brand had lived his life subsequently including helping those “wrestling with addictions”.
What was the breakdown of his sentence?
In total, Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months.
He was sentenced to nine years’ in jail for the one count of rape.
He was also sentenced o nine months imprisonment for sexually assaulting a woman whose breasts he grabbed at a bar in London in 2004
He was given an 18 month prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at the Choice FM studios, when he grabbed her face and kissed her before touching her breasts and bottom.
He was given eight months for the sexual assault while while working on a Channel 4 project in 2009.
These three sentences will all be served concurrently to one another – but consecutively to the rape sentence.
So in total he will serve 18 months for the sexual assaults.
Russell Brand was told he could not return home after the verdict
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Will Russell Brand serve all of his prison sentence?
Brand is likely to serve two-thirds of his sentence in custody, the judge said.
This matches the guidelines from the Sentencing Council, the public body that is responsible for developing sentencing guidelines.
It 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 from prison, Brand is likely to spend the rest of his sentence on licence and will have to abide by specific rules.
His sentence will not be included in the new early release scheme. Sex offenders – along with murderers – are exempt from the scheme.
What prison will Russell Brand go to?
Following the conviction, Brand was taken to a prison, believed to be HMP Wandsworth, to be held ahead of his sentencing on Monday.
The jail where he will serve his sentence will have been decided ahead of his sentencing hearing and is expected to be the jail in south west London.
