US EditionAirport attack accused denies force was unlawful
GREATER MANCHESTER, JUL 23 – Brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad deny charges of assaulting police and a public member during a July 2024 incident at Manchester Airport, claiming self-defence.
- On July 23, 2024, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz at Manchester Airport allegedly beat Abdulkareem Hamzah Abbas Ismaeil and faces charges of assaulting PC Zachary Marsden causing actual bodily harm.
- On July 4, 2025, the trial began for Amaaz at Manchester Airport, following police response to an earlier incident where Amaaz allegedly headbutted a civilian in a Starbucks cafe, providing context for the charges.
- CCTV footage captures Mohammed Fahir Amaaz delivering 12 blows, including punches, elbow strikes, and a kick, and shows PC Zachary Marsden kicking Amaaz after a Taser deployment.
- During testimony, PC Cook described the severity of the blows and Ward’s injuries, and PC Ellie Cook observed Ward was bleeding.
- Earlier this month, Judge Neil Flewitt KC warned jurors they must avoid media influence, and Muhammad Amaad maintained he was acting in self-defence for upcoming proceedings.
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Both defendants, from Rochdale, deny the allegations. Jurors have been urged by prosecutors to “not be distracted” by the kick and stamp of a police officer during a fracas at Manchester Airport. Mobile phone footage of the incident on July 23 last year was shared on social media and went viral. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of assaulting three police officers and a member of public before he was felled b…
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