Footballer’s brother guilty of raping teen

THE brother of Premier League footballer Titus Bramble was warned he faces an “inevitable” prison sentence after being found guilty of raping a teenage girl.

Tesfaye Bramble — who played for Southend United, Stockport County and Stevenage before his career was ended by injury — raped a 19-year-old woman in the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle following a night out.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court took five hours to find 30-year-old Bramble guilty of rape by a majority of 10-2. His brother, Sunderland defender Titus Bramble, sat in the public gallery as the jury returned the guilty verdict.