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Ladybbird · 06-01-24, 09:33

Dubai Jail HELL Sees Brit WAR Hero Lose Family, Job - And Wrecks His Mental Health

Andy Neal, now 46, was arrested in October 2018 when Dubai police raided the family home while his two children were present, accusing him of being a drug trafficker

MailOnline 6 JAN 2024

Andy Neal left the British Army and moved to Dubai where he ran a successful dog training business working with members of the Emirati royal family

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A British war hero has been left traumatised by the year he spent in a Notorious Dubai prison for a crime he did not commit.

In October 2018, Dubai police raided the home that Andy Neal, now 46, shared with his wife and two children, aged two and six at the time, and charged him with distributing drugs. At the time, Andy ran a dog obedience school that was hugely popular, training the pets of the Emirati elite and royal family. During the raid, he said cops "roughed me up" while his distraught family were just a few feet away in the next door room.

The dad-of-two spent five months in a police station cell before being transferred to al-Sadr, a notorious lock up in Abu Dhabi, where people charged with drug crimes in the notoriously repressive state are imprisoned. He languished in al-Sadr for the remainder of his pre-trial detention before finally being released in November 2019.

But though now freed, the former soldier has been left with lasting mental wounds over what he saw. He told The Mirror how the experience has reverberated through his life, saying it was a fundamental factor in the breakdown of his marriage, with his estranged wife subsequently divorcing him.

Andy, who suffered with PTSD following his tour of Afghanistan, told The Mirror: "The time in al-Sadr certainly exacerbated my PTSD from the army, so much so that I'm still suffering from it now. I'm not allowed to work due to mental health reasons and I still have to take medication as a result of my time there. And then to top it all off my ex wife, when I came back to England, then divorced me."

Andy said that within days he'd gone from being a successful businessman "training dogs for members of the [Emirati] royal family" to a convict charged with being a key link in a multi-defendant drug supply case. "I was really successful. The business was absolutely flying. I lost everything", he explained.

Andy fell hard as he became trapped in the Emirati judicial system, where he claims prisoners are treated "worse than a dog". "You're told to sit on the floor, to sit cross-legged on the floor, don't move, don't talk, look down at all times", he said. "If you're in the system, you're lost in the system. I've been paraded in shackles both around the ankles and around the knees through the streets in Dubai, it was so demoralising.".

In the prison - where officers have been accused of torture and failing to uphold the most basic of human rights - Andy saw repeated abuses and scenes that are still etched on to his mind. He said:

"I've seen police brutality - you see prisoners handcuffed to posts and then having the living daylights kicked out of them. I've seen policemen take the metal buckle off their belts and beat people with it. I've seen 50 men fighting for a sachet of coffee. It was horrific."

After raising his diagnosed mental condition to prison officers, he was told he would be put on the "special wing" where inmates with "serious medical mental health conditions" are hidden away from the public and the wider prison population.

He said the severely impaired prisoners were "drugged up to the eyeballs" like "zombies". He resisted being moved there because "it was bad enough already" and he didn't want to become another "zombie". His main fears throughout the process was having no idea of what was going to happen in the future, and whether he would ever be released.

Despite the horrific experience, Andy said he built strong bonds with the men he was locked up as they all faced the dismal conditions together, now considering them "as close as my army comrades".

After his release in October 2021, Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling - who was instrumental in Andy's legal battle - said that his case showed "everything wrong with the UAE legal system and law enforcement".

In a written statement on their website, Radha said: "He was arrested because of an unreliable, and later withdrawn identification by an informant; no evidence was ever found to substantiate his arrest, and in fact, conclusive evidence of his innocence was discovered by the police within months of his detention; yet the Dubai police refused to release him and admit their error.

Instead, Andy’s case was transferred to Abu Dhabi so that Dubai could avoid responsibility for his wrongful detention.

“Andy is a diagnosed PTSD sufferer, after serving his country for years in the world’s most dangerous war zones, and UAE authorities used this condition to try to force him to confess to a crime he did not commit. When Andy’s case was highlighted by the British media, he was punished with solitary confinement in Abu Dhabi.

Andy has suffered tremendously, and both the Dubai police and authorities in Abu Dhabi are culpable for his wrongful imprisonment.

We even brought his ordeal before the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, because there was never the slightest justification for his initial arrest nor prolonged imprisonment.

Had Andys’ case not received media interest, and the active attention of the FCO, he would not be home today.

“We are obviously enormously happy to see Andy finally cleared of the false charges and back in the UK; but he is the victim of a gross injustice perpetrated by a system prone to injustice.

Polish national Artur Ligeska was wrongfully convicted in the UAE at roughly the same time as Andy, upon an almost identically fraudulent basis and he was also freed only after extensive media coverage and government intervention."

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,647 Thanks: 27,646 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Dubai Jail HELL Sees Brit WAR Hero Lose EVERYTHING & Wrecks His Mental Health Dubai Jail HELL Sees Brit WAR Hero Lose Family, Job - And Wrecks His Mental Health Andy Neal, now 46, was arrested in October 2018 when Dubai police raided the family home while his two children were present, accusing him of being a drug trafficker MailOnline 6 JAN 2024 Andy Neal left the British Army and moved to Dubai where he ran a successful dog training business working with members of the Emirati royal family Dubai inmates...Dubai Al adr Prison.. A British war hero has been left traumatised by the year he spent in a Notorious Dubai prison for a crime he did not commit. In October 2018, Dubai police raided the home that Andy Neal, now 46, shared with his wife and two children, aged two and six at the time, and charged him with distributing drugs. At the time, Andy ran a dog obedience school that was hugely popular, training the pets of the Emirati elite and royal family. During the raid, he said cops "roughed me up" while his distraught family were just a few feet away in the next door room. The dad-of-two spent five months in a police station cell before being transferred to al-Sadr, a notorious lock up in Abu Dhabi, where people charged with drug crimes in the notoriously repressive state are imprisoned. He languished in al-Sadr for the remainder of his pre-trial detention before finally being released in November 2019. But though now freed, the former soldier has been left with lasting mental wounds over what he saw. He told The Mirror how the experience has reverberated through his life, saying it was a fundamental factor in the breakdown of his marriage, with his estranged wife subsequently divorcing him. Andy, who suffered with PTSD following his tour of Afghanistan, told The Mirror: "The time in al-Sadr certainly exacerbated my PTSD from the army, so much so that I'm still suffering from it now. I'm not allowed to work due to mental health reasons and I still have to take medication as a result of my time there. And then to top it all off my ex wife, when I came back to England, then divorced me." Andy said that within days he'd gone from being a successful businessman "training dogs for members of the [Emirati] royal family" to a convict charged with being a key link in a multi-defendant drug supply case. "I was really successful. The business was absolutely flying. I lost everything", he explained. Andy fell hard as he became trapped in the Emirati judicial system, where he claims prisoners are treated "worse than a dog". "You're told to sit on the floor, to sit cross-legged on the floor, don't move, don't talk, look down at all times", he said. "If you're in the system, you're lost in the system. I've been paraded in shackles both around the ankles and around the knees through the streets in Dubai, it was so demoralising.". In the prison - where officers have been accused of torture and failing to uphold the most basic of human rights - Andy saw repeated abuses and scenes that are still etched on to his mind. He said: "I've seen police brutality - you see prisoners handcuffed to posts and then having the living daylights kicked out of them. I've seen policemen take the metal buckle off their belts and beat people with it. I've seen 50 men fighting for a sachet of coffee. It was horrific." After raising his diagnosed mental condition to prison officers, he was told he would be put on the "special wing" where inmates with "serious medical mental health conditions" are hidden away from the public and the wider prison population. He said the severely impaired prisoners were "drugged up to the eyeballs" like "zombies". He resisted being moved there because "it was bad enough already" and he didn't want to become another "zombie". His main fears throughout the process was having no idea of what was going to happen in the future, and whether he would ever be released. Despite the horrific experience, Andy said he built strong bonds with the men he was locked up as they all faced the dismal conditions together, now considering them "as close as my army comrades". After his release in October 2021, Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling - who was instrumental in Andy's legal battle - said that his case showed "everything wrong with the UAE legal system and law enforcement". In a written statement on their website, Radha said: "He was arrested because of an unreliable, and later withdrawn identification by an informant; no evidence was ever found to substantiate his arrest, and in fact, conclusive evidence of his innocence was discovered by the police within months of his detention; yet the Dubai police refused to release him and admit their error. *Instead, Andy’s case was transferred to Abu Dhabi so that Dubai could avoid responsibility for his wrongful detention.* “Andy is a diagnosed PTSD sufferer, after serving his country for years in the world’s most dangerous war zones, and UAE authorities used this condition to try to force him to confess to a crime he did not commit. When Andy’s case was highlighted by the British media, he was punished with solitary confinement in Abu Dhabi. Andy has suffered tremendously, and both the Dubai police and authorities in Abu Dhabi are culpable for his wrongful imprisonment. We even brought his ordeal before the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, because there was never the slightest justification for his initial arrest nor prolonged imprisonment. Had Andys’ case not received media interest, and the active attention of the FCO, he would not be home today. “We are obviously enormously happy to see Andy finally cleared of the false charges and back in the UK; but he is the victim of a gross injustice perpetrated by a system prone to injustice. Polish national Artur Ligeska was wrongfully convicted in the UAE at roughly the same time as Andy, upon an almost identically fraudulent basis and he was also freed only after extensive media coverage and government intervention."

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