One of the brothers involved in the viral Manchester Airport fight video has been found guilty of attacking two female police officers, although surprisingly, the jury were unable to reach a verdict on the guilt of his brother for attacking their male colleague.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, was convicted of assaulting PC Lydia Ward and emergency worker PC Ellie Cook, and was also found guilty of headbutting a civilian named Abdulkareem Ismaeil at Starbucks in Terminal 2 (the reason the police turned up at Manchester Airport the first place).
There really was no question of his guilt to anyone who watched the CCTV footage – below if you missed it:
BREAKING NEWS; Footage seen for 1st time of the FULL attack on THREE Armed GMP Officers at Manchester Airport was shown to Jury today; I have followed the hearing all day & will post a summary later including WHY an officer used his foot on a suspect👇🤷♂️pic.twitter.com/O2rUYDB5Bm
— Norman Brennan (@NormanBrennan) July 7, 2025
Which makes it all the more confusing that the jury was unable to reach a verdict on his brother, Muhammad Ahmed, 26, for assaulting PC Zachary Marsden and causing actual bodily harm. In fact, both brothers were charged with ABH on Marsden and a verdict was not reached for either of them. Prosecutors are now seeing a retrial on that count, so hopefully they won’t get away with it.
Amaaz insisted his actions, including the headbutt in Starbucks, were all in self-defence (he also claimed that the victim had insulted his mum). Amaaz also told the court that he did not realise the police officers he hit were women.
Viral footage of PC Ward in hysterics following the incident was particularly distressing:
This video of PC Lydia Ward, after being punched at Manchester airport, raises serious questions regarding women being front line police officers.
Yes, it was a violent and despicable attack, but doesn’t this highlight major flaws in our policing ability?
https://t.co/nDQ6vGslRv— White Wolf (@whitewolftracks) July 11, 2025
It’s pretty wild that it took the jury so long to reach a verdict on any of this after watching the footage, but I guess they’re privy to things said in court that maybe we’re not.
No date set yet for the sentencing of Amaaz, but you would think it will be a substantial one. We’ll have to wait and see.
For the police officer who shot a teenager eating McDonald’s in his car for no good reason at all, click HERE.
