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Katherine Heslop

How Courteney Cox's Snow Patrol boyfriend is the big winner in Ed Sheeran copyright trial

Ed Sheeran was victorious today after a High Court judge ruled he did not rip off part of another song for his own 2017 mega-smash Shape of You.

The 11 day trial made the headlines due to Sheeran singing his hits from the stand while being cross examined, and accusations that the popstar is a "magpie" who habitually copies other artists, made in an attempt to prove he copied part of Sami Chokri's 2015 song Oh Why.

While Sheeran is the most high profile name embroiled in the legal battle, one of his co-writers is also well known, and has an incredibly famous girlfriend.

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