Tendency evidence directions that do not comply with the Roder approach will not necessarily constitute a miscarriage of justice if the summing up as a whole ensures the jury understood and applied the beyond reasonable doubt standard; however, future directions should comply with Roder and the Criminal Trial Bench Book should be revised accordingly.
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