Trucker David Wilson celebrated his freedom with champagne today and revealed that he is set to go back to work.

David, 44, was enjoying his first day back home in Bradford with wife Tracey, 42, after being released from a Greek jail where he had been held for two months.

The happy couple spent a few days away together after he returned to Britain at the weekend.

Today they were all smiles and hugs at his local, The Royal at Low Moor.

And David, who was threatened with bankruptcy because his lorry has been impounded by the Greek authorities, revealed he has been offered a job. But he pledged he would not be driving abroad and he would be putting his feet up with his family at the weekends.

He said: "Somebody has offered me some employment until November, when my appeal is heard, for as long as I need it. It is a driving job and I can start as and when I want to. But there will be no continental driving, no Europe, and definitely no Greece."

David, of Wyke, was arrested in March after 19 illegal immigrants were found in the back of his lorry as he waited to board a ferry from the Greek port of Patras.

Despite his protestations of innocence he was fast-tracked into court the following day and jailed for 11 years. He was freed on bail last week after a campaign at home raised £22,000. But he has to return to Greece in November for his appeal hearing. He said today: "I don't have to go back but I'm going to because it's vital I clear my name. The appeal is at the back of my mind all the time but I want to get back to work and support my family as soon as I can."

The haulier said a fellow English prisoner who he befriended in the Greek jail was in his thoughts today.

He explained: "He was in prison for the same offence as me and he was innocent too. But he has been there for eight months because he hasn't had the public support I have had. It is his appeal today and I'm thinking about him.''