Comedian Russell Brand was jailed this week after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during his career, receiving a 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence on Monday. He is expected to serve two-thirds of the term before being released on licence, and will be on the sex offenders' register for life.

On Sunday, his wife Laura Gallacher released another episode of their YouTube podcast Sunday Service, which began with her reading a message she said Brand had asked her to deliver. The 39-year-old, daughter of Ryder Cup winning golfer Bernard Gallacher, read from a notebook that Brand maintained he was not guilty of the offences he had been jailed for, and that Christ was with those who choose him.S1S2

In the message, Brand described being held at HMP Littlehey, which he called the biggest sex offenders' prison in Europe, and said he had found the staff strong, kind and dedicated. He added that he was in no position to judge his fellow prisoners and urged forgiveness. Gallacher choked up as she asked listeners to support her and her family, and said she was speaking to her husband, who she said was okay and praying.S1S2

Gallacher said she intended to continue the work of the podcast community, which she said had been close to both her and Brand's hearts, adding that the ambitions remained the same even though it would take time to adjust without her husband beside her. According to The Sun on Sunday, Brand had been moved from HMP Wandsworth to the category C prison HMP Littlehey on Friday, where inmates can take part in activities including yoga, choir and indoor bowls.S1S2