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While Sioux City leaders had largely stayed mum, the local chamber of commerce was brokering a deal to drop the charges.

"I've got to thank him for everything. The silver lining is it made me, my mum and my sister closer. I am more resilient and level-headed about football."

"He felt a real sense of debt and gratitude to our mum, because the support she gave him and the home allowed him to have the career he did."

Their proud mums say they have been overwhelmed by the response to the video.

"My mum and Craig are British citizens. They are living in horrific conditions, isolated, kept behind bars, stripped of their human dignity," he said in a statement.