IMPRISONED Corfe Castle businessman Michael Turner has been freed from jail in Hungary.

For four months Michael, 27, who was jointly extradited to Hungary last November with former business partner Jason McGoldrick, has been incarcerated in a tough prison on the outskirts of Budapest while his family led a campaign for his release.

Supporters have held demonstrations outside the House of Commons as well as fundraisers and a candlelight vigil.

The case was taken up by South Dorset MP Jim Knight and Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate Richard Drax.

Mr Turner said: “It’s fantastic. But I’m not going to jump to any conclusions that they’ll let us go home. I’m looking at staying in Budapest until the next hearing.”

Michael’s father Mark, who runs the Castle Inn Pub, said: “He’s meeting his lawyer to find out exactly what the situation is.”

The men were extradited, under much-maligned European extradition regulations, after being accused of defrauding more than 100 people following the collapse of their Budapest-based marketing company in 2004. They deny any wrongdoing.