'I saw Russell Brand hold prayer book in court — before he and his faith faced stinging evidence'

He showed no emotion as the jury were shown an emotional hour-long video interview with his first alleged victim before later listening to her give at times angry testimony from behind a screen inside the court. However, his lawyer Ian Winter KC seemed to be struggling to win a battle of ideas against the complainant, who repeatedly and strongly hit back at his claims she had been charmed by his charismatic client and happily agreed to a one night stand At one stage Mr Winter was even told to shush by the judge who appeared to lose patience with his style of questioning.