Jury deliberates in Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault trial

<p>Jurors began considering their verdicts on Wednesday in the trial of Russell Brand on charges of rape and sexual assault.</p> <p>After three weeks of argument and evidence, judge Joel Bennathan told the jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court that they must reach a unanimous decision.</p> <p>"I can only accept a verdict that is the verdict of all 12 of you," he said.</p> <p>After about an hour of deliberations, the jurors were sent home for the night with a warning not to discuss the case with anyone else.</p> <p>Brand, who is free on bail, has attended court every day, accompanied by his wife, Laura Gallacher.</p> <p>Six women, who don't know one another, accuse the actor-comedian of sexual misconduct between 1999 and 2009, a decade when Brand went from rising stand-up comedian to major celebrity in the UK.</p> <p>Prosecutors argued that during that time Brand was "a sexual predator" who attacked the…