A prominent businessman jailed for indecent assault and corruption has been granted bail while he awaits an appeal.
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The Court of Appeal today allowed release of the rich-lister - whose name is suppressed - from custody ahead of his challenge against conviction and sentence.
In May, the businessman was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, after a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting three men then twice attempting to bribe one to drop his complaint
The reasons behind Justice Murray Gilbert's decision to release the man cannot be reported under the Bail Act 2000.
The man's bid for bail follows two unsuccessful attempts at release.
Immediately after his sentence was handed down in May, the businessman's lawyer, David Jones QC, applied for bail pending an appeal. In a separate hearing held shortly after the sentencing, Justice Venning declined this application.
Another application was denied in June.
Three men accused the businessman of indecently assaulting them at his house in 2001, 2008 and 2016.
After a four-week trial in March, the rich-lister was found guilty of three charges of indecent assault relating to three men, and two charges of attempting to dissuade a witness.
The businessman's manager along with well-known entertainer Mika X have been sentenced to home detention for their individual part in a plan to get a witness to drop his complaint.