Man Convicted of Assaulting Officers at Manchester Airport
So here's what happened at Manchester Airport that's been making headlines. A man named Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, who's just 20 years old, has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers during a really chaotic incident that happened last summer. This all went down on July 23rd, 2024, when Amaaz and his brother Muhammad Amaad were at the airport to pick up their mother.
Things took a violent turn after an altercation at the Starbucks inside the airport. Amaaz reportedly headbutted a man named Abdulkareem Ismaeil, claiming the man had racially abused his mother on the plane. That’s when the police got involved. Officers approached the brothers at the car park pay station shortly after, but that’s where things spiraled out of control.
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Now, Amaaz claimed he didn’t realize the people confronting him were police officers. His defense argued that he was grabbed from behind without warning and panicked. But according to prosecutors, Amaaz responded by throwing punches—ten in total. One of the officers, PC Lydia Ward, was hit in the face so hard she was knocked down and ended up with a broken nose. The jury found him guilty of that assault, which amounted to actual bodily harm. He was also convicted of assaulting another officer, PC Ellie Cook, and of attacking Mr. Ismaeil earlier at Starbucks.
As for his brother, Muhammad Amaad, he was also involved in the scuffle, and both men denied the charges. They insisted they were acting in self-defense and felt genuinely threatened, particularly by a male officer, PC Zachary Marsden. Amaaz said he thought the officer was a "lunatic" who might beat him to death. Amaad said he thought he was under attack. There’s even footage that circulated on social media showing PC Marsden kicking and stamping on Amaaz during the incident, which fueled a lot of debate online about police use of force.
Despite that, the jury wasn’t convinced by the self-defense argument—at least not when it came to the assaults on the two female officers and Mr. Ismaeil. But on the charge that the brothers assaulted PC Marsden, the jury couldn't reach a decision. So the prosecution now intends to retry both brothers for that particular charge.
The whole event has raised serious questions about how confrontations escalate and what happens in the aftermath, especially in highly public spaces like airports. But for now, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz has officially been convicted on three assault charges, and the legal proceedings are set to continue for the remaining unresolved allegation.
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