If nothing else is learnt from the Worboys debacle, let it be the need for less secrecy across policing, the criminal justice system and public services generally. There is a bias against sharing information even between public bodies, never mind with the public itself. It must change.

Secrecy runs from top to bottom. In the Worboys case, not only was the Parole Board hearing that decided his release held in secret, but his victims learnt of it only through the media – and without their crowdfunded legal challenge they would not have got to the truth and Worboys would be out. Basic accountability shouldn’t depend on the ability to raise money.

Nor is it right that those living in high-crime areas...