Brand, 51, faced seven charges in total, including three counts of rape. The judge tells him: “Obviously a custodial sentence of some length will result.”
Brand, 51, faced seven charges in total, including three counts of rape. The judge tells him: “Obviously a custodial sentence of some length will result.”
I saw a lot of articles about this as the trial was ongoing - more than for most ongoing trials. I don’t know if the reporting rules were different or what, but I really didn’t want to read about it until the trial was over. I don’t really know why, but I think partly I knew I didn’t want to read about a rape trial every single day and so I would only get a partial view of things at that level of detail. I’d rather have the court do the summarising for me by handing down a verdict and then read at the conclusion.
Now that’s happened, I’m glad justice has been served. It’s always mixed feelings with these trials: it turns out another public figure was a scumbag, but at least another scumbag is going to be punished. Hopefully the publicity leads to a sense that these crimes are unacceptable and will be punished.