A man who posted a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport must have his case heard again.
Paul Chambers, 27, from Doncaster, who now lives in Northern Ireland, was convicted in May 2011 for sending a "menacing electronic communication".
He was found guilty at Doncaster Magistrates Court and an appeal was dismissed by a judge which was then challenged at the High Court.
A two-judge Divisional Court of the High Court ordered the new hearing.
The message Chambers tweeted said: "Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Mr Chambers' lawyer, David Allen Green of Preiskel and Company, said: "There is no new date set yet for the hearing.
"A split divisional court is exceptional, and it appears that this may be only the second time it has happened this century."
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