'Nazi' song was not Mungo Jerry built

But the case took a strange twist as Mr Dorset denied harassing his ex-manager by singing in an "antisemitic" video entitled Nail that Snail.

Andrew Sutcliffe, AMI's barrister, said Mr Dorset rejected any links to the video, but added: "That ignores the fact that he was singing, and the DVD which shows Mr Cohen in Nazi uniform was on his official website. His protests of innocence ring very hollow."

But Mr Deacon said: "It has been made clear that a song which Mr Dorset sang has been hijacked and put in a video, unknown to him, and linked to a website he doesn't control. He got that link removed immediately."

Judge Mark Cawson QC said he had seen the video - in which Mr Cohen's head is superimposed on to a Nazi uniform - describing it as "unpleasant and antisemitic so far as it is directed at Mr Cohen". However, he declined to make any findings against Mr Dorset, saying he had "no reason" to doubt his denials.