US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from jailed singer R Kelly

R Kelly was found guilty in 2022 of child sex offences (Alamy/PA)

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from singer R Kelly, who is serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago.

The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex.