Russell Brand trial verdict live: Jury return after two days to deliver decision on rape and sexual assault charges

Russell Brand trial verdict live: Jury return after two days to deliver decision on rape and sexual assault charges Brand denies seven criminal charges: three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault - Bookmark Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Already a member? Log in The jury has returned after almost two days of deliberations to deliver its verdict on a string of rape and sexual assault charges faced by Russell Brand. The comedian and actor, 51, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court and denies three charges of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999 to 2009. Alleged victims say Brand switched suddenly after appearing charming, forced them into sexual activity in a toilet, a hotel room, workplace corridors and his bedroom, and acted as if nothing had happened after the attacks. Brand’s lawyer, Ian Winter KC said that public opinion against the comedian has been “perverted and corrupted” after the publication of an article in The Times and The Sunday Times, and in an episode of Channel 4 Dispatches. Brand’s wife Laura Brand, nee Gallacher, attended the court on several occasions and gave evidence in which she described her husband as “caring” and “kind” and said that is honesty at the centre of their marriage. Breaking: Brand guilty of one count of rape and three sexual assaults The jury deliver their verdicts Count 1: Rape - NOT GUILTY Count 2a: Attempted indecent assault - NOT GUILTY Count 3: Sexual assault - GUILTY Count 4: Rape - NOT GUILTY Count 5: Sexual assault - GUILTY Count 6: Rape - GUILTY Count 7: Sexual assault - GUILTY Breaking: Jury reaches verdict in Russell Brand trial The jury in the trial of Russell Brand has returned a verdict after almost two days of deliberations. The comedian and actor, 51, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court and denies three charges of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999 to 2009.