We’re still getting reaction coming through in response to the sentencing but I’m going to leave it for there. I’ll recap what we saw in court today. Firstly, the top line: Russell Brand, one of Britain’s most high-profile former actor-comedians, the star of several Hollywood films in the 2000s and 2010s, has been jailed to a total of 10-and-a-half years for rape and sexual assault crimes against four women. Brand was found guilty last Thursday by a jury made up of eight men and four women. They convicted him of offences against four women in separate incidents from 2004-2009. The rape took place at his home address in Hampstead, London while the three other sexual assaults – where Brand forcefully kissed, groped and assaulted the women- took place in a Soho bar in central London, a Channel 4 radio studio and a Capital Radio building. Brand was also accused of two other rape counts and an attempted indecent assault, but cleared of those charges. This morning, Justice Joel Bennathan hea