Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from a high security prison on conditional bail as he awaits trial for allegedly inviting support for the Islamic State.

Choudary, of Hampton Road, Ilford appeared by video link from Belmarsh prison in south Londonalongside Mohammed Rahman, 32, of Sidney Street in Whitechapel at the Old Bailey today (September 4).

It is alleged Choudary and Rahman publicised support for Isis and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi through lectures published online.

Judge Mr Justice Saunders imposed conditions on both men as they were released.

During an earlier hearing the pair indicated they would be pleading not guilty to the charges of "inviting support for a proscribed organisation" between June 29 2014 and March 6 2015.

The trial follows his arrest last year when the Met's Counter Terrorism Command unit raided 19 addresses, including his former home in Bromley Road, Walthamstow.

Mr Choudary and Mr Rahman are due back in court for a provisional trial date set for January 11 2016.

The trial is scheduled to be heard by a High Court judge and is expected to last between three to four weeks.