00:00Your victim in Count Three was a professional woman at the party of a man you both knew.
00:06It was July 2024, and she had seen you on the television and wanted to be introduced to you as
00:14she thought you were funny.
00:16You were told there was a woman who wanted to meet you.
00:20That was all you needed to feel entitled to grab her breasts as she sat talking to you.
00:26In your trial, you said you had never touched a woman sexually without her consent, and that included this woman.
00:33In the light of the jury's verdicts, that was one of a series of lies you told.
00:39She spoke of being extremely upset and traumatised, feeling vulnerable every time she went out for the evening,
00:47and feeling sick on the many occasions she saw you in newspapers or on the television.
00:54In terms of the relevant guideline, that offence falls into Category 3B.
01:00It displayed your casual, arrogant disregard of any woman's right to say no to you.
01:06She said, and I quote,
01:10He said,
01:12Aye, aye, and grabbed me by my face and started to kiss me.
01:15He was pushing his body against mine, walking me backwards so my back was against the wall.
01:22The three men and a woman were stood there.
01:26He was just kissing me.
01:27He was very frenzied.
01:29No greeting, no time for me to understand what went on.
01:32This was a perfect stranger, who just grabbed me and ran his hands over my body while I had my
01:39back against the wall.
01:41The kiss was hard and sloppy.
01:44He kissed me all down my neck.
01:46His hands were at that same time all over me.
01:51He touched my bum and my breasts, with his other hands just pinning me against the wall,
01:57with his body was pressed up against me so I was not able to move.
02:02It was rough, very, very rough.
02:05He touched my breasts hard.
02:07He squeezed my breasts.
02:08I was in shock.
02:10In spring 2009, you raped the victim in count six.
02:15She was 21, you were 33.
02:18She was a huge fan of yours, which you were happy to exploit.
02:23She had willing, consensual sexual activity with you after your show.
02:29You took her phone number, and if anyone still needs any demonstration of your contempt for your casual sexual partners,
02:38you stored her number under T for Tart.
02:42You invited her to your house a few days later.
02:47There you put on a condom at her request and had vaginal sex, to which she consented.
02:54You then flipped her over, removed the condom, and, without asking, forced your penis into her anus, causing her great
03:03pain.
03:05She asked you to stop, then asked you again loudly.
03:09You replied, and I, quote,
03:12I want you to feel my cum.
03:15You ejaculated.
03:17She was distraught and in severe pain.
03:20The bed was heavily soiled by blood, sperm, and faeces.
03:26You told her it was her mess, and made her try to clear it up.
03:31Shortly after, you went off to get ready, then went to work.
03:36She was driven to a nearby underground station by your driver,
03:40who for some reason had tissues ready, to hand to her as she wept.
03:45She was left distraught, in pain, and terrified she might have contracted HIV.
03:52The whole episode reeks of casual disrespect,
03:56and your belief that fame meant you could act how you liked, when you liked,
04:02unhindered by the rules by which decent people live.
04:05The prosecution suggested your offending in counts five and seven were an abuse of trust,
04:12as you were, by now, a famous man in the victim's workplaces.
04:17The term, quote, abuse of trust, unquote, however, has a defined meaning under the guidelines,
04:24and being a celebrity is not within it.
04:28The prosecution also suggested that your fame should be taken as an overarching, aggravating factor,
04:35both as it made the harm greater, because the women could not avoid seeing mention of you afterwards,
04:40and as it allowed you to commit these offences.
04:44I have taken the first aspect into account in assessing the harm you caused,
04:50but I regard the second as an intrinsic part of each offence.
04:54I also need to be careful I'm not punishing you more because you're famous.
05:00Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed, whatever they drink,
05:07they retain the right to say no, and to demand justice from the criminal courts
05:13when sexual predators like you, Ross O'Brand, act without their consent.
05:19Finally, before passing sentence,
05:23I pause to pay tribute to the determination and bravery
05:26of all the women whose evidence I have been recounting.
05:31I do not increase your punishment because of it,
05:35but all those women had to face being confronted
05:38and being told they'd lied or twisted the truth
05:42and or they'd agreed to your sexual demands.
05:45That was all done because of you on your instructions.
05:50Would you stand up, please?
05:54I pass a sentence of imprisonment for nine months for count three,
06:00eighteen months for count five,
06:03reduced from two years to allow for totality,
06:06and eight months for count seven.
06:09Those sentences are all concurrent to one another
06:13to further allow for totality,
06:15but consecutive to the sentence for rape.
06:19The sentence I pass on count six,
06:22rape is nine years imprisonment.
06:24So the total sentence is one of ten years, six months.
06:29The few days you have already served will count.
06:33You will serve two-thirds of that sentence,
06:36then be released on license,
06:38and will be liable to be recalled into custody
06:41if you breach its terms.
06:43On your release,
06:44you will also be indefinitely subject
06:46to the notification requirements
06:48under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
06:52Would you go with the officers, please?
