Le Monde, with AFP, reports that Russell Brand was jailed for 10 years and six months at London's Southwark Crown Court for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009, after a week-earlier jury conviction; judge Joel Bennathan called him a sexual predator whose fame had protected him, and London police are probing allegations from two more women. Brand denied the charges, while his father Ron called him a victim, victims described lasting trauma, detective Andy Furphy called the sentence a milestone, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged more support for victims and teams in every police force handling sexual offences.