One of two brothers who brawled with officers at Manchester Airport before claiming he was the victim of police brutality has been found guilty of assaulting two female police cops and a male passenger.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, was today convicted of attacking PC Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook in the car park pay station at Terminal 2 on July 23 last year.
Amaaz was also found guilty of headbutting holidaymaker Abdulkareem Ismaeil who he had accused of racially abusing his mother on an incoming flight.
However jurors at Liverpool Crown Court could not reach majority verdicts on either Amaaz or his elder brother Muhammed Amaad,26, for assault causing actual bodily harm on PC Zachary Marsden.
Scenes of PC Marsden kicking Amaaz in the head sparked outrage, with protesters taking to the streets holding ‘Black Lives Matter’ placards and calling for the police to be ‘defunded’.
But there was a fierce backlash when leaked CCTV showed the violent unprovoked assault to which PC Marsden and two female colleagues had been subjected just seconds earlier.
To widespread public fury, it took 150 days for prosecutors to announce that PC Marsden would not be charged with any offence.
Instead the brothers – student Amaaz, now 20, and former KFC assistant manager Amaad, 26, both from Rochdale – were charged with assaulting the three officers.
The 11-strong jury unanimously found Amaaz guilty of assault by harm against PC Ward and common assault against Mr Ismaeil. They convicted him of assault by beating against PC Cook by a majority of ten to one.
However they could not reach verdicts on which at least ten were agreed on either brother in relation to PC Marsden.
Amaaz showed no emotion as the verdicts were delivered. The Crown Prosecution Service will now consider whether to seek a retrial.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz (L) and Muhammad Amaad (R) are pictured arriving at court . Amaaz was found guilty of assaulting two female police officers and a male passenger
A short clip of the moment firearms officer Zachary Marsden kicked Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, in the head in Terminal Two at Manchester Airport in July last year went viral and sparked global outrage
But footage that surfaced later showed the full picture. Pictured is the moment Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, swings a punch at PC Lydia Ward
Pictured: The head injuries Mohammed Fahir Amaaz received. Amaaz claimed he had believed he was ‘fighting for my life’ during the violence
Pictured: An injury said to have been sustained by Mohammed Fahir Amaaz
A picture showing an injury received by Shameem Akhtar, the mother of the brothers
TikTok lawyer Akhmed Yakoob (centre with brothers) poured fuel on the fire when he described it as an ‘assassination attempt’
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz (left) and Muhammed Amaad (right)
Jurors at Liverpool Crown Court were shown CCTV footage of Amaaz (red dot) lashing out at Abdulkareem Ismaeil in front of a number of children at Starbucks
Amaaz can be seen first headbutting Mr Ismaeil before punching him with his left fist as other family members gathered around
Amaaz (pictured in light blue hooded top) and Amaad (right) started punching police officers
CCTV shows the moment Mohammed Fahir Amaaz grapples with policewomen Lydia Ward (front) and Ellie Cook (behind) after his attempted arrest at Manchester Airport
At one point he could be seen kicking out at an officer while his brother grappled
Constable Lydia Ward, who jurors heard is heavily pregnant, told of being ‘terrified’ after coming under attack – as footage of her injuries were was shown to a court
Officers were left cowering and attempting to protect themselves as the savage attack unfolded
Amaaz forces PC Marsden towards a seating area where he punches him in the head
Amaaz (in blue) was seen to throw 10 punches at the officers during the violence, while his brother – Muhammad Amaad (far left), 26, who is also on trial – threw six
Amaad and Amaaz (in blue) can be seen on the ground following the incident
Amaad can be seen being detained on the ground after the altercation
Pictured is a general view of the pay station of the Terminal 2 car park where the chaos unfolded
Muhammad Amaad, 26, (left) and his brother Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, (right) arriving for their trial at Liverpool Crown Court on July 15 either side of their new solicitor, Aamer Anwar
(L-R) Muhammed Amaad (left), solictor Aamer Anwar (second right), mother Shameem Akhtar and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz at a press conference at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on August 6 where they made allegations of mistreatment by police
