michael vassar

Russell Brand has always been a sexual deviant; of that there’s no question. What concerns me is this: we can convict someone with no physical evidence and sentence them to a likely hefty prison stint- fine. But during the Pakistani grooming scandal, an aborted foetus from a 14-year-old girl matched the DNA of an older Pakistani man who was not convicted. I’m not upset Brand was convicted; I’m upset that the police, courts and judges treat perpetrators differently.

The details of the rape charge Russell Brand was convicted of are as follows: A woman who had a threesome with him and put her tongue in his anus five minutes after meeting him (whilst in a relationship) later claimed that non-consensual anal sex occurred. As much as I’ve always disliked Brand, her account is dubious. There was no forensic evidence, no CCTV footage, no physical evidence of any sort and the report was made 20 years after the alleged incident took place. A more plausible explanation is that Brand, being the degenerate he is, used the woman for his pleasure, and rudely discarded her afterwards. Regretting a sexual encounter is not the same as rape. Brand faces 10-15 years for this charge alone (if her account is true, I am gladdened by the punishment). However, compare Brand’s case to that of Jameel Ahmed, a Pakistani in Bradford convicted of four counts of rape of a 12 year old girl. He was sentenced to just 8 years, and with the early release scheme he is likely out in a few years. In Ahmed’s case, unlike Brands, there was both forensic and physical evidence. 8 years. Britain has a two-tier justice system. It’s as simple as that.