United Kingdom, Dec. 23 -- Russell Brand has been charged with further sexual offences.

The 50-year-old comedian has been charged with one count of rape and one of sexual assault relating to two further alleged victims, police have said.

These charges are in addition to the original charges of two counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault that he pleaded not guilty to in May.

Brand will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on January 20 to answer to the two additional charges and is set to face trial for the original five charges from next June at Southwark Crown Court in London.

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