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11 Mar 2020

Weinstein jailed for 23 years for rape and sexual assault

Washington Correspondent

‘This is what justice looks like’ said campaigners – as the disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in jail following his conviction for rape and sexual assault.

Prosecutors had demanded the maximum prison term for the 67-year-old – for what they called his ‘lifetime of abuse’ towards women.

But Mr Weinstein’s lawyers called the sentence ‘obnoxious’ and ‘obscene’.