Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
237
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Brand, 51, was handed the sentence by Mr Justice Bennathan after being found guilty of one charge of rape and three charges of sexual assault last week.
asserted
Brand → hand → assault
He added: “Whatever women wear, wherever they go, whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and demand justice in the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Mr Brand, act without their consent.”
asserted
predators → add → consent
But how did the judge come to his decision?
asserted
judge → come → decision
Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Russell Brand to nine years for one count of rape, which will be served consecutively to the sexual assault sentences.
asserted
which → sentence → sentences
The sentences for the sexual assault charges will be served concurrently - which means all at the same time.
asserted
which → serve → time
This includes nine months for sexually assaulting a woman whose breasts he grabbed in a Soho bar in 2004.
It also included 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman at the Choice FM studios in 2005, and eight months for sexually assaulting a woman while working on a Channel 4 project in 2009.
asserted
It → include → 2009
This means the total sentence is one of 10 years and six months.
asserted
sentence → mean → years
The judge added two years to his starting point for the rape sentence after noting that Brand had forced the victim to “clean” the sheets after the incident.
asserted
Brand → add → incident
He noted the instruction was an “additional humiliation”, adding that removing the condom without her consent and ejaculating into her were further aggravating factors.
asserted
removing → note → her
Those actions meant the sentence was raised by two years.
asserted
sentence → mean → years
Mr Justice Bennathan reduced the sentence by a year due to mitigating factors - including that Brand had no significant previous convictions, bar a 1995 conviction for cannabis possession.
asserted
Brand → reduce → possession
The judge said “good character” should not normally be given any “significant weight” and would not normally justify a reduction.
asserted
character → say → reduction
However, he made an exception in this case, reducing the rape sentence from 10 years to nine.
asserted
he → make → nine
He said that other factors in mitigation for Brand included the fact that “17 years had passed” since his final offence, and the manner in which Brand had lived his life subsequently including helping those “wrestling with addictions”.
asserted
Brand → say → addictions
The judge told Brand that “imprisonment will deprive your children of the presence of their father, that sad loss to them however is caused by your serious offending.”
asserted
loss → tell → offending
How long will Brand spend in jail?
Russell Brand will likely serve around two-thirds of his sentence in custody.
asserted
Brand → spend → custody
The sentencing guidelines suggest that offenders jailed for four years or more for serious, violent, or sexual offences will be released at the two-third mark.
asserted
offenders → suggest → mark
Once released, he will spend the rest of his sentence on licence.
asserted
he → release → licence
What have the experts said?
asserted
experts → say → What
Commenting on the sentence, Marcus Johnstone, Managing Director of PCD Solicitors, said: “I was predicting that Mr Brand would be looking at around 9 years in prison, so his overall sentence is slightly higher than I was expecting.
asserted
I → comment → prison
“Interestingly, however, it is slightly less than the average sentence for rape last year of 10 years and 7 months despite incorporating the months Brand must serve for the sexual assault offences too.
asserted
Brand → incorporate → offences
The sentence given reflects only minor mitigating factors.”
asserted
sentence → give → factors
The Aporia
