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Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape of fan and sexual assault of three media staffers
Irish Times and Daily Mail UK describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedJudge tells former actor and comedian he had displayed a ‘casual, arrogant disregard of any woman’s right to say no’.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape of fan and sexual assault of...". The right frames it as "Russell Brand is jailed for ten-and-a-half years after he is found guilty of raping one o...".
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Left / center-leftRussell Brand sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape of fan and sexual assault of three media staffers
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Right / center-rightRussell Brand is jailed for ten-and-a-half years after he is found guilty of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three...
Russell Brand is jailed for ten-and-a-half years after he is found guilty of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three women
The disgraced comedian, 51, will be moved to a prison for sex offenders amid reports he has spent the his first three days behind bars cowering in his cell at HMP Wandsworth.
