Boy George left prison with a smile on his face today (May 11) after being freed just four months into a fifteen month sentence.

The former Culture Club star was jailed in January for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his home in East London.

Boy George, real name George O'Dowd, gave a salute to waiting photographers outside Edmunds Hill Prison in Suffolk.

He also appeared to have lost weight during his time behind bars.


Left: Boy George in January 2009, Right: Freed from jail today.

George was freed for good behaviour, but  will wear a monitoring tag and be under curfew for the coming months.

The 47-year-old must also regularly report to a probation officer under his release conditions.

The singer was found guilty in December of handcuffing Audun Carlsen to a wall in his bedroom in April 2007.