TV personality Jodie Marsh wept in court yesterday after she was told she can keep lemurs at her animal sanctuary.
She had appealed against a council’s decision to refuse her application for a wild animal licence.
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Concerns had been raised about her taking a meerkat to the pub.
Former glamour model Marsh, 46, said trolls were behind much of the criticism of her sanctuary in Lindsell, Essex.
At a previous hearing, clips of screeching zoo lemurs were played to Chelmsford magistrates’ court.
But Judge Christopher Williams dismissed the council’s argument about the animals’ noise.
He said Marsh was passionate about the care and treatment of the animals under her supervision.
The judge added: “The decision by Uttlesford District Council was wrong and continues to be wrong. I allow the appeal.”
The former Page 3 girl has traded her hard-partying lifestyle for hands-on work at her own animal sanctuary in Essex.
In a recent interview with The Sun, Jodie referred to herself as a farm girl and a “mess”.
In a further self-deprecating comment, she added that she was “fat but happier than ever”.
Despite her contentment, she lives with “anxiety/depression, aches and pains” and is using CBD oil to improve her daily wellbeing.
The model-turned-bodybuilder- who put her huge country pile on the market last year – said: “You might recognise me as someone that used to be glamorous, sexy, a bodybuilder and everything else, but now I’m just a farm girl and I look a mess.”
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