Radical preacher Abu Qatada, who was once known as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe", was granted bail in London on Monday and is expected to be released from prison next week.

Judge John Mitting ruled Qatada should be freed with stringent bail conditions at a hearing at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

Qatada, who is accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security, appealed to be freed as he fights deportation to Jordan.

He will be confined to his home with two one-hour periods of outdoor activity a day, in the similar conditions set in 2008.

Mitting said it would take "between a few days and about a week" for the Security Service (MI5) to check the proposed bail address, which was not revealed by the court, before Qatada can be released.

The judge also ruled the Home Secretary Theresa May has three months to show progress is being made in negotiations with Jordan or restrictions on Qatada's liberty may not be acceptable any longer.

Qatada had been granted bail with a highly unusual 22-hour curfew by SIAC in 2008.

In 2009, Jordan's Justice Minister Ayman Odeh said Qatada would receive a just trial if deported by Britain to Jordan. After Britain's highest court, the House of Lords, ruled that Qatada can be deported to Jordan, where he has been twice convicted in absentia for plotting terror attacks.

Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Othman Abu Omar, was born in Bethlehem in 1960 and lived in Jordan until 1989 when he fled the country, alleging political persecution.

He has been described as the "spiritual ambassador in Europe" of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Qatada was arrested in London in 2005 with a group of Middle East men deemed a threat to national security, but the country did not have sufficient evidence to put him on trial, British officials have said.