Russell Brand trial defence barrister delivers closing speech at Southwark crown court
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Russell Brand is on trial at Southwark crown court facing seven offences, including rape and sexual assault, against six women across a 10-year period from 1999, all of which he denies. During Monday's closing speech, defence barrister Ian Winter KC told the court that Brand is not a psychopath who rapes people, argued that 2023 allegations had poisoned the wells of justice, and questioned why only three women out of many he had sex with alleged non-consent.
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