R Kelly has been found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking after a six-week federal trial.

He will face life in prison when he gets his sentence.

The jury, which deliberated for nine hours, has convicted the 54-year old of racketeering and eight violations of an anti-sex trafficking law.

Prosecutors had accused Kelly of being the ringleader of a 20-plus year long scheme to recruit underage women for sex.

Kelly never took the stand in his own defense.