Kalbeth in prison: Weinstein sentenced 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

Weinstein was found guilty in a trial in New York last month, finalising a dramatic decline in one of Hollywood's most powerful figures.

The 67-year-old appeared in court Wednesday in a wheelchair, writes BBC, translates Periscope.

Weinstein's lawyers had appealed the verdict, insisting that even the minimum sentence of five years would be “the penalty of life imprisonment” for it. /Periscope