Sergeant Alexander Blackman will be released from jail and reunited with his family tomorrow.

The 42-year-old, who grew up in Bevendean, had his murder conviction quashed by five judges at the Court Martial Appeal Court in London last month.

He will now be released after serving half of the seven-year sentence he was given for manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility after shooting an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan six years ago.

Blackman was convicted in November 2013 by a court martial in Wiltshire and sentenced to life with a minimum term of 10 years.

He became the first British serviceman convicted of murder on a foreign battlefield since the Second World War.

A spokesman for the campaign said: "Al will finally be released tomorrow after what has been a well fought battle by you all.

"We will of course be posting more updates but can we please remember that this is a tense time for the family and that they have asked for some privacy."