Russell Brand rape trial latest: Women were a 'disposable commodity' to comedian, court told - after his 'loyal' wife Laura Gallacher gave evidence

Russell Brand is on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of three rapes, three sexual assaults and attempted indecent assault. Read a recap of the Daily Mail's liveblog for the latest updates: Please check back next week for further updates on the Russell Brand trial. 15:41 Russell Brand leaves court hand in hand with wife Laura Russell Brand has now left Southwark Crown Court. He will return at 10.30am on Monday when the defence will give their closing statement. 15:10 What did we hear in court today? Now the prosecution has finished its closing statement, here is a summary of the key things we heard today: Jurors were told to ignore Brand's cannabis conviction, saying he has a 'good character'. In her closing speech, prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC told jurors that the six complainants were 'wholly unconnected' to one another. The prosecutor said Russell Brand's 'lovely wife' Laura Gallacher had 'bravely and loyally come to give evidence' on Thursday but was not there for the first five counts. Russell Brand changed from charming to frightening to nasty, the prosecutor said in her closing speech. The jurors were given 22 questions they must answer to either convict or clear Brand. The prosecutor invited the jury to find Brand guilty on all counts as she ended her closing statement. 14:55 Prosecution ends closing statement and court finishes for the week The prosecution has now completed its closing statement and the court has finished for the week. Jurors will return at 10.30am on Monday to hear from the defence. 14:53 Prosecutor invites jury to find Brand guilty on all counts Women were 'disposable' and a 'means to an end' to Brand, the prosecutor said as she invited jurors to find him guilty on all counts. Concluding her speech, Ms Karmy-Jones KC told jurors: 'Women as a whole were disposable, they didn't matter to him. 'He didn't even need to know their names. They were just a means to an end. 'As he said in a 2017 interview, they were the amusements in what he described as his playground of orgasms. 'We suggest you will be satisfied so you are sure that the six complainants you have heard from told you the truth, not an invented truth, not a reimagined truth, but the real truth of what happened to them. 'The whole truth, and nothing but the truth and we invite you to find him guilty on all counts.' 14:51 Brand accused of 'keeping his cards close to his chest' when quizzed by police Ms Karmy-Jones accused Brand of 'keeping his cards close to his chest' when he was quizzed four times by police. She said the jury can take account of Brand, like his accusers, struggling to remember everything that happened more than 20 years ago. 'He chose to keep his cards close to his chest until he knew what we knew', said Ms Karmy-Jones, before pointing out the parts of his evidence that he did not volunteer earlier in the case. 14:41 Women were a 'disposable commodity' to Brand, prosecutor says Ms Karmy-Jones asked jurors to consider how they would feel if forced to give a powerful man a massage at work, and finding his head in their lap. Of Brand, she said: 'Women, particularly subservient women, were simply a disposable commodity to him.' And she asked the jury: 'How would you feel if someone in your workplace in a position of power did that to you?' 14:39 Prosecutor says Brand was making a 'deliberate sexual act' when 'assaulted' Channel 4 worker Brand was 'rampant' when he sexually assaulted a Channel 4 worker by forcing her to massage him, the prosecutor said. Ms Karmy-Jones asked jurors to consider if they were receiving a massage, would they ever consider it appropriate to put their head in the masseuse's lap. 'That would not be a normal posture,' she said. Brand was 'making a deliberate, intentional, and sexual act', said the prosecutor. 'The defendant was rampant in his desire to have sexual contact whenever he wanted, whenever he pleased.' 14:31 Brand 'knew full well' sex at his house was 'not consensual', prosecutor says Ms Karmy-Jones KC told jurors that the complainant told many people about the incident, which the prosecution say was rape, in the 'weeks, months, years' afterwards. She said: 'Of course, there will be some inconsistencies, of course she would have found it easier to speak to some people than to others. Don't hold that against her. 'Reliving this sort of thing is not easy. She has, on the whole, been very consistent. 'The sex she had with Russell Brand at his home was not a happy occasion, the anal sex was not consensual.' She told jurors 'there really shouldn't be any doubt in your mind that Russell Brand knew full well this was not consensual'. 14:20 Prosecutor questions Brand's evidence that 'consent is fundamental' Ms Karmy-Jones said Brand had given evidence that 'consent is fundamental, more important that the sex itself'. She said: 'Members of the jury, taking into account what you have heard in this trial, does that ring true as something Mr Brand believed during this period of time?' She went on to quote Brand's own words from his 2007 book, Mr Booky Wook, when he wrote: 'If I want something – whether it's a job or a woman – I will determinedly, resolutely, remove anything that's in the way, until I possess the object of my desire.' Ms Karmy-Jones said: 'A lack of consent, no problem for Mr Brand, just an obstacle he would have to remove, or perhaps ignore.' Pictured: A court sketch of Brand giving evidence earlier this week 14:14 Brand forced young fan to shower in front of him, prosecutor tells court Ms Karmy-Jones suggested Brand may have been 'getting off on the control' when he forced a 21-year-old fan to shower in front of him. He had told the woman to come to his Hampstead home for sex, and when she arrived he told her to shower and brush her teeth. 'She had showered before, she had put her make-up on, she had just tried to make herself pretty and he just shoved her in the shower,' she said. 'He stood and stared at her while she went in.' 14:12 Prosecutor says Brand 'morphed' the evidence of complainant and friend into his account Ms Karmy-Jones KC said Brand 'morphed' the evidence of the complainant and her friend into his account. She referred to their evidence about a consensual sexual interaction they had after the stand-up comedy show at the Hammersmith Apollo in west London. 'Mr Brand, of course, chose to say nothing about any of this,' she said. The prosecutor added: 'But now he has given it some thought and taken what (the woman and her friend) said and morphed it into his account.'