for a separate conviction. weinstein has called the case a setup,’ pleading in the courtroom to not be sentenced to life in prison. our correspondent sophie long has been following the story in los angeles. harvey weinstein has been sentenced. for three counts of rape and sexual assault that he had been convicted in decemeber of last year. during the sentencing the first person we heard from was a jane doe with a victim impact statement. she was emotional while she was speaking with the court and found it difficult to talk about what had happened to her. she had been carrying this trauma for years. she said what he did was illegal and it was rape. she talked about how before this had happened to her, she was a happy, confident woman. she valued herself and had control of her life and career but after what happened with harvey weinstein she said everything had changed. she asked thejudge, and said, i hope you understand there is no prison sentence long enough
of ronan kerr, killed by an under car bomb in 2011. the people who perpetrated this evil deed have no support across the entire community in northern ireland. we are all absolutely at one - and all united in terms of saying that this is something that we never want to see in our society and this needs to stop. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is believed to have been targeted by the kind of criminals he d spent much of his life putting behind bars. tonight, he remains seriously ill in hospital. and while there remains a firm belief these groups exist only on the fringes, it is a reminder of the daily threat police in northern ireland face. emma vardy, bbc news, omagh. on to other stories for you now. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has been jailed for a further 16 years for raping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2013. the 70 year old was already serving a 23 year sentence