The sentence for the decades-old sex crimes was handed down at Southwark Crown Court in London by Judge Joel Bennathan following a four-week trial.

Brand, 51, was found guilty last week of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two additional rape counts and one charge of attempted indecent assault.

The rape conviction carries a nine-year prison term.

The three sexual assault convictions received sentences of nine months, 18 months, and eight months, to run concurrently with one another but consecutively to the rape sentence, for a total of 10 years and six months.