Convicted rapist Russell Brand is facing years behind bars in a London prison condemned as "unsafe, squalid and overcrowded".

The 51-year-old is understood to have been locked up at Victorian-era HMP Wandsworth since he was found guilty on Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three other victims.

He is believed to have been kept apart from other prisoners because of the "danger" he could face as a high-profile inmate and because of his crimes.

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