MICHAEL Turner, the extradited to Hungary under a controversial European arrest warrant, has given evidence at Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Michael, one half of the pair dubbed the Budapest Two, was jailed in a high security Hungarian prison for four months without charge.

He and co-accused Jason McGoldrick were extradited in November 2009 in connection with the collapse of their Budapest-based marketing company in 2004.

The 28-year-old was later released without explanation.

As Michael gave evidence to the committee – formed to examine the human rights implications of UK extradition policy – his lawyers said the Hungarians have put wheels in motion to, once again, seek a warrant for his arrest.

Michael, addressing the parliamentary committee on Tuesday alongside other UK individuals affected by extradition regulations, said: “You are hidden in prison, I was only found by my father who came looking for me.

“The first phone call I made was two-and-a-half weeks in. It was two-and-a-half months until I was able to contact my girlfriend.

“It is very bewildering when you are given over to a foreign country and they deny you things that you think are your rights, like a phone call home.

“They wouldn’t contact the consulate. They made things very difficult for me and we are spending a lot of money to keep me out of prison now.”

The Hungarian authorities believe the pair committed fraud, but the Corfe Castle man says his business simply collapsed – and he insists should the same thing have happened in the UK, there would be no criminal charges to answer.

South Dorset MP Richard Drax, who has campaigned strongly for Michael, said: “The EAW is already controversial. It is based on the assumption that justice systems across the European Union are equally fair, which they are not.

“I understand that last year alone, our police were asked to chase down 4,300 Britons accused of committing crimes – that’s 20 times the number of warrants issued by Britain. It stretches credulity.”