Ed Sheeran has found the Shape of You copyright trial to be "deeply traumatising".
The 31-year-old pop star has been taken to court by grime artist Sami Chokri who claims that the melody of the smash hit is "strikingly similar" to that of his 2015 song Oh Why and Ed and his team have been badly affected by the accusation and case, according to his lawyer.
Ian Mill QC told the High Court: "[The case] has been deeply traumatising [for Ed and his co-writers.] It is terribly, terribly unfortunate. This case should never have got to trial. My clients are entitled to be vindicated."
The Thinking Out Loud hitmaker - along with his co-writers producer Steven McCutcheon and Snow Patrol musician John McDaid - have all denied the claims and assert that they do not remember hearing the track Oh Why before penning the multi-million selling single.