Former far right leader Tommy Robinson will be freed on bail after a contempt of court conviction was overturned.

The founder of the English Defence League, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had been jailed after being given an ear bashing on British law by a judge after entering Canterbury Crown Court last May, where four men were on trial for gang rape.

He received a three-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, but was later arrested on suspicion of breaching the peace at Leeds Crown Court, after filming four rape suspects on a live video on Facebook.

He was jailed for 13 months but now the Court of Appeal has ordered he should be retried on the contempt of court charge.

The Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon upheld the Canterbury conviction but said there should be a retrial for the Leeds case.

Robinson, who has been held at Onley prison near Rugby, will be released on bail on the condition he attends the retrial at a later date.

The 35-year-old had carried out filming on the court steps in Canterbury and inside the building.

Both film pieces were published on the internet under a heading which read: ‘Tommy Robinson in Canterbury exposing child rapists. Police help them escape’.

He also referred to the defendants as ‘Muslim child rapists’ and ‘Muslim paedophiles’.

Robinson admitted he had come to the court to film the defendants, but was foiled by “the good offices of the court’s security staff” who had alerted the judge.he did not commit any more offences.

Canterbury's top Judge Heather Norton didn't mince her words as she told Yaxley-Lennon: "This is not about free speech... not about the freedom of the Press, nor about legitimate journalism, and not about political correctness.

“It is about justice and ensuring that a trial can be carried out justly and fairly..it’s about being innocent until proven guilty.

“It is about preserving the integrity of the jury to continue without people being intimidated..or being affected by irresponsible and inaccurate "reporting", if that’s what it was.”

The high-profile trial continued and the men were sentenced to a total of 49 years for their attack on a vulnerable 16-year-old.