BBC story has the story of the code in the Da Vinci Code copyright courtcase documents being cracked.

Mr Justice Peter Smith has explained how to crack the code in his 71-page ruling after two newspapers claimed to have solved it.

The message read: “Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought.”

The judge admires Admiral Jackie Fisher, who developed battleship HMS Dreadnought, which launched in February 1906, 100 years before the case began.

In a statement, Mr Justice Smith said: “The message reveals a significant, but now overlooked event that occurred virtually 100 years to the day of the start of the trial.”

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