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The decision, taken when the now Conservative leader was business and trade minister, was described in court by Kneecap's barrister as "unlawful and procedurally unfair".

Following the gig, the women met back up with Mr Frampton and his entourage on his tour bus, the barrister said.

A police officer testified that she believed she could connect him to the offence and the defence barrister confirmed he was not taking any issue with that.

Prosecution barrister Greg Bull KC told the court that personal victim impact statements were being prepared, but that the sentence “has to be one of imprisonment”.

Smyth, a barrister and senior member of a Christian charity, was accused of attacking dozens of boys, including those he met in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.