A POLICE chief who resigned amid claims he urinated on a presidential palace has failed in another attempt to clear his name.

But last night, former Chief Superintendent Kevin Pitt vowed to fight on, despite a second appeal against his conviction being thrown out in Lithuania.

Mr Pitt had hoped a court in the Baltic republic would review video evidence from the incident, in 2002, which he says clearly shows he was not the culprit.

But last week they dismissed the case before even considering the new images, forcing Mr Pitt to take his long-running battle to the European court, in Strasbourg.

Mr Pitt said: "I'm absolutely disappointed that the appeal was not heard, but I won't give up.

"I'm waiting for instructions from lawyers in Lithuania.

"We have already drawn up papers togo to the Court of Appeal because I was of the opinion I would not have any success in Lithuania."

The 52-year-old resigned from Cleveland Police after the scandal in February 2002.

A colleague, Inspector Kerry Anderson, who was with Mr Pitt at the time of the incident, later admitted urinating against the wall at a Cleveland Police disciplinary hearing, but was not prosecuted and kept his job.

Mr Pitt said: "At the first hearing, I was told the Cleveland Police inquiry or the guilty plea would not be considered - just video evidence.

"So I had images from the CCTV footage they released to the media enhanced to disprove their case without a shadow of a doubt, but they wouldn't consider it.

"It has been a very expensive and lengthy process but one I will continue with.

"It has taken four years so far and I'm not going to give up.

"If something like this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone, that is one reason I'm doing it. If they can win on something like this, they can continue to treat anyone anyway they like. I don't want to lose my faith in justice."

Mr Pitt, who was seconded to the capital Vilnius to advise on an anti-corruption force, says he was framed by local police because he had accused them of theft.