Government to consider staggered age of consent after Russell Brand allegations

The government has said it will consider calls to change the age of consent after a woman waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old schoolgirl.

Mia Latter, now 37, alleged she had been mistreated by the jailed comedian when she was a teenager and he was aged 30.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a staggered age of consent which would make relationships between adults and teenagers aged 16 and 17 illegal.