British men released from Hungarian jail condemn European arrest laws

By David Harrison Published: 9:00PM GMT twenty-seven February 2010

Michael Turner (left) and Jason McGoldrick

Michael Turner, 28, from Corfe Castle, Dorset, and Jason McGoldrick, 37, from Plymouth, Devon , were liberated but reason on Friday after being in jail since Nov 2.

The span were indicted of rascal after their Hungarian association collapsed among claims that they due creditors �18,000. Hungarian prosecutors used the argumentative cross-border European detain aver system, introduced in 2004, to have them extradited from the UK.

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The dual men had been on bail in the UK whilst they fought the extradition request, but on attainment in Hungary they were handcuffed and thrown in to jail but being charged and but any care of bail.

Mr Turner told The Sunday Telegraph: "I am chuffed that we have been released, but additionally a bit confused because, nonetheless we had been pulling for bail, we haven"t been told since we have been released.

"But it"s good to be out of jail. It equates to we can combine on perplexing to transparent the names."

The dual men design to find out this week either they sojourn underneath review by the Hungarian authorities, and either they contingency sojourn in the nation or will be authorised to lapse to the UK.

Mr Turner pronounced the European detain aver complement was "unfair" since it insincere that probity systems were the same in all EU countries.

"The Hungarians did not have to show any justification of crime to the British courts to acquire the extradition," he said.

"We obeyed bail conditions in the UK and were happy to go to Hungary to transparent the name, so since did the Hungarians throw us in jail but charging us?

"I could simply have outlayed years in jail prior to any hearing if we had not pushed for bail."

The businessmen, who ran a timeshare selling association that collapsed in 2005, have been told to inform to an residence in Budapest where their passports are being held. They have additionally been told to inform to a military hire on Apr 8.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are due to revisit Hungary for 3 days subsequent month and there was conjecture that this had stirred the Hungarian authorities to recover the dual men.

Mr Turner pronounced the time in jail had been difficult and the conditions "grim". He was sealed up for twenty-three hours a day, pity a small cell with 3 alternative inmates. His commercial operation partner was kept in a apart building.

The food was "not really appetising" and he had lost about a stone, he said. The dishes they were since enclosed lard for breakfast and pig"s lung for dinner.

He was authorised to showering usually once a week. Mr Turner"s family has campaigned for the recover of both men, entertainment demonstrations outward Parliament and the Hungarian embassy.

His father, Mark Turner, who flew behind from Budapest only prior to his son was freed, said: "These guys have never been charged with any crime, nonetheless they"ve been in prison. They"re guys of good firmness who have finished zero wrong.

"I saw Michael on Thursday at the prison, you could see both of them have their garments unresolved off them, similar to they"ve been in a thoroughness camp," he said.

Mr Turner comparison pronounced friends and associate villagers had distinguished the dual men"s recover on Friday night but he did not wish to "get carried afar only yet".

Additional stating by Kester Eddy in Budapest