US EditionYvette Cooper accused of ‘siding with’ Manchester Airport attacker guilty of assault
GREATER MANCHESTER, JUL 31 – Yvette Cooper faced backlash for not mentioning injured officers after Mohammed Fahir Amaaz assaulted two police officers and a passenger at Manchester Airport, where 35 officers face assaults weekly.
- On Wednesday, the court found Mohammed Fahir Amaaz guilty of assaulting PC Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook, with Yvette Cooper accused of siding with the attacker.
- The altercation unfolded at Manchester Airport when, on July 23 last year, student Mohammed Fahir Amaaz assaulted a female officer, breaking her nose.
- The trial uncovered that Amaaz broke PC Lydia Ward's nose, headbutted a passenger, and a video appeared to show PC Zachary Marsden kicking and stamping on him.
- Following the verdicts on Wednesday, Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, criticized the Home Secretary for failing to mention injured officers’ welfare and implied she did not support them.
- The CPS said it will seek a retrial, no date has yet been set, and thirty-five officers are assaulted weekly in Greater Manchester Police.
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