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That said, concerns about room for misinterpretation and the unfair prejudice that might follow are taken seriously. This issue is already being actively considered by the Crown Prosecution Service. I hope it will give some reassurance that, in the small number of cases where music is properly relevant—for example, where it contains details that only the perpetrator of the crime would know—the CPS is now formally committing to issuing legal guidance. I am a big fan of the CPS’s legal guidance; I declare an interest here in that I wrote some of it when I worked there, so it is perhaps a bit immodest to say that I am a big fan of it. It gives prosecutors a clear, consistent framework, ensuring fairness and transparency; it is publicly available on the CPS website; and it can be used in court to hold the CPS to account.