“A similar thing happened to us In 2007. 5 of us got arrested after a fight, and went to court. 1 of us was accused of assualting a copper with CS spray. The copper was in a bad way with an allergic reaction. My mate had to stay behind in prison for 2-3 weeks, until eventually, the copper admitted that he had in fact sprayed himself in the face with the CS Gas. Their country is corrupt and as bent as George Micheal. If the bloke is innocent he needs to keep fighting this.”

“can just say one thing about this (fit up ) the poor lad had only just arrived in riga and the security staff (doorman ) were on the ball straight away ,we had various stories from mother groups that had issues with the police it was a case of make as much money of the english as you could ,and mr neale was innocent of all charges ,except trying to have a good time .thats fact as i was there .”

“Without reference to this particular case, I think what Mike describes is a common experience, unfortunately.”

“Tony, as you have mentioned Mike has written about is personal experience of several incidents. But how can these incidents be sweepingly applied to 'UK blokes' and the shy Latvians. He may as well suggest that all US citizens are obese, obviously they are all not. I value his comments but lets not tar all UK tourists in Latvia with the same brush as his JC Morgan Chase executives. There are many 'UK blokes' who drink responsibly or not at all, perhaps a definition of 'UK blokes' is required.”

“As has been said, the only place he can prove his innocence is in court in Latvia. If extradition treaties exist all the court in London needs to decide is whether legitimate charges exist and whether extradition request procedures have been correctly followed. It is not within their remit to decide on guilt or innocence. I am curious to know whether he was arrested and charged over there before being allowed to return home. Will Mr Graves be returning to corroborate his assertion that he didn't hit any policeman?”