Sex was 'huge preoccupation for Russell Brand', ex-flatmate tells trial

Image source, PA Media Image caption, Russell Brand was pictured outside court on Friday as he arrived for the third day of his trial

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A former flatmate of Russell Brand has told a jury that "sex was a huge preoccupation" for the entertainer.

Andrew Dobson, who was in Bournemouth where Brand is alleged to have raped a woman, has been giving evidence on the fourth day of the trial.

Brand, 51, faces seven charges in the trial at Southwark Crown Court - three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.

The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009. He denies the charges.

On Friday, the jury heard from witnesses associated with the complainant who gave evidence on Thursday.