JUST IN: Popular Singer R Kelly bags 30 years in prison for sexual abuse

US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his status to run a scheme to sexually abuse children and women.

In September, a jury in New York convicted the R&B artist, 55, of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes.

The Chicago native – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – was also fined $100,000 (£82,525).

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He currently faces separate criminal charges in three other cases.

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