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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Bibles, rosary beads and Russell Brand’s unbroken resolve: I spent the week in court with him – this is what I saw

Perched in the dock of Southwark Crown Court, Russell Brand sat bolt upright, hardly moving a muscle, as a woman told the jury: “He raped me.”

From the press benches, positioned directly behind the dock, the 51-year-old appeared to barely flinch as his first accuser recounted her alleged rape in agonising detail, at times describing him as “monster-like”, with a body like a snake and using his tongue “like a lizard”.

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