Jury selection begins in Russell Brand trial

Potential jurors are being selected to try actor and comedian Russell Brand for charges of rape and sexual assault spanning a decade. Brand, 51, faces three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women from 1999 to 2009. The podcaster arrived at Southwark Crown Court wearing a grey suit, white shirt, grey cravat and brown boots accompanied by his wife Laura. Brand earlier denied two charges of rape, two of sexual assault and…