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Sky News
a day ago
- Sky News
Man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport 'headbutted' a traveller, court hears
A man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was "aggressive" and "headbutted" a traveller earlier, a witness has told a court. The first incident took place at a Starbucks at terminal two of the airport and led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When officers arrived, they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who were leaving the airport after picking up their mother. Police arrived to arrest the pair as they went to pay for parking. But the brothers are alleged to have assaulted three officers after using a "high level of violence" to resist arrest. The jury has been shown CCTV of both incidents. The siblings, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, deny the allegations on 23 July last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and Amaaz's mother were on the same flight, on which "something happened" that upset her, the jury heard. Later, while leaving the airport with his wife and three young children, he stopped at Starbucks, where the defendant's mother pointed him out to her sons. The manager of the Starbucks, Cameron Cartledge, told the court he heard "raised voices" and went to the door, where he saw a man - identified as Amaaz - "quite close" to Mr Ismaeil and "shouting at him". Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. "At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face," he said. "Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. "Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive." Mr Cartledge continued: "There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man headbutted the man we see in the black. "He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter." Amaaz then threw two punches, Mr Cartledge said, adding that he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. The two men were then split up, he added. When asked why he called the police, the witness replied: "Well, he had just assaulted him." Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to three police officers: PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward. His brother, Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Marsden.
Sky News
a day ago
- Sky News
Man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport 'headbutted' another traveller, court hears
A man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was "aggressive" and "headbutted" another traveller earlier, a witness has told a court. The first incident took place at a Starbucks at terminal two of the airport and led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When officers arrived, they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who were leaving the airport after picking up their mother. Police arrived to arrest the pair as they went to pay for parking. But the brothers are alleged to have assaulted three officers after using a "high level of violence" to resist arrest. The jury has been shown CCTV of both incidents. The siblings, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, deny the allegations on 23 July last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and Amaaz's mother were on the same flight, on which "something happened" that upset her, the jury heard. Later, while leaving the airport with his wife and three young children, he stopped at Starbucks, where the defendant's mother pointed him out to her sons. The manager of the Starbucks, Cameron Cartledge, told the court he heard "raised voices" and went to the door, where he saw a man - identified as Amaaz - "quite close" to Mr Ismaeil and "shouting at him". Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. "At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face," he said. "Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. "Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive." Mr Cartledge continued: "There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man headbutted the man we see in the black. "He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter." Amaaz then threw two punches, Mr Cartledge said, adding that he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. The two men were then split up, he added. When asked why he called the police, the witness replied: "Well, he had just assaulted him." Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to three police officers: PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward. His brother, Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Marsden.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Man accused of airport assault was aggressive and headbutted traveller
The man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was 'aggressive' and got 'in the face' of another traveller before head-butting him, a witness told a court. The incident at a Starbucks coffee house at Terminal Two of Manchester Airport led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When police arrived they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who was leaving the airport after picking up their mother from a flight from Qatar. As the brothers went to pay for parking, police arrived to arrest them but they resisted using a 'high level of violence' and assaulted three officers, it is alleged. Both incidents were caught on CCTV, shown to the jury. The brothers, from Rochdale, deny the alleged offences on July 23 last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and the defendant's mother had been on the same flight and 'something happened' the jury was told, that upset the defendant's mother. Mr Ismaeil, with his wife, two young daughters and young son, had stopped at the Starbucks while leaving the terminal when the defendant's mother passed by and pointed him out to her sons. Cameron Cartledge was the manager at the Starbucks and was in the office doing paperwork and preparing the shift handover before going home when he heard 'raised voices' and went to the door, he told the court. As his colleague prepared the order for Mr Ismaeil at the counter, he saw another man, wearing a blue track-suit, identified as Amaaz, 'quite close to him, shouting at him'. Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. The witness said: 'At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face. 'Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. 'Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive.' Prosecutor Paul Greaney KC, asked the witness: 'What about Mr Ismaeil, the man with his back against the counter?' Mr Cartledge said: 'He had a raised voice, but I would say he was more defensive than aggressive. 'There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man head butted the man we see in the black. 'He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter.' Mr Carledge said before the two men were split up, Amaaz threw two punches but he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. Mr Carledge said, working at the airport, he saw people 'arguing all the time' but, after witnessing the headbutt, called police. Mr Greaney said: 'Why did you call police?' 'Well, he had just assaulted him,' the witness replied. Police traced the brothers leaving the airport where violence erupted again, the court heard. Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pc Zachary Marsden, Pc Ellie Cook and Pc Lydia Ward. His brother Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pc Marsden. The trial continues.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Moment man ‘headbutted passenger at Manchester airport before he & brother attacked cops with high level of violence'
THIS is the moment a man headbutted a passenger at Manchester Airport before he and his brother attacked armed cops with a "high level of violence" , a court heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, allegedly lashed out at three officers - leaving one with a broken nose. 6 6 Jurors heard cops had been scrambled to deal with the pair following an earlier altercation at a Starbucks in the airport. Footage played to the court showed Amaaz headbutting a passenger and punching him on July 23. Liverpool Crown Court heard the man, Abdulkareem Ismaeil, had some sort of incident with Amaaz and Amaad's mum while they either on the same flight or shortly after it. Paul Greaney KC said: "The defendants met their mother in the arrivals area of Terminal 2 and began to walk to the car park with her and the child that was with them. As they did so, they passed a Starbucks coffee house. "Abdulkareem Ismaeil was in there with his wife and children. The defendants' mother spotted Abdulkareem Ismaeil and pointed him out to her sons. "At just after 8.20pm, the defendants entered Starbucks and confronted Abdulkareem Ismaeil. During that confrontation, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz delivered a headbutt to the face of Abdulkareem Ismaeil and punched him, then attempted to deliver other blows, all in front of a number of children. "The prosecution case is that this was obviously unlawful conduct." The court heard PC Zachary Marsden and PC Ellie Cook - both armed - and PC Lydia Ward, who was unarmed, were in the airport at the time. They approached the brothers in the Terminal 2 car park and attempted to move Amaaz away from a pay machine to arrest him. But Amaaz "resisted" - causing his sibling to then intervene before the pair assaulted PC Marsden, it was said. Mr Greaney said: "In the moments that followed, the first defendant also assaulted PC Cook and then PC Ward too, breaking her nose. "The defendants used a high level of violence." Jurors were played CCTV footage that showed Amaaz holding PC Marsden "round the neck" before he dragged the officer to the ground with him. He then "raised and moved his head" towards PC Marsden, who responded by kicking him in the face. The footage showed what appeared to be a stamp aimed by the cop at Amaaz as he lay on the ground. 6 6 Mr Greaney said: "We recognise those actions look rather shocking in the cold light of day but we suggest they need to be judged in the context of the very serious level of threat posed by the defendants to an officer who was concerned that his firearm might be taken from him at an airport. "In any event, those actions all occurred after the violence of the defendants. "The position of the prosecution is that they are logically irrelevant to the lawfulness of the conduct of Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad as charged in the indictment. "What you have seen is the two defendants acting offensively, not defensively. The position of the prosecution is that their apparent defence of self-defence is false." Jurors heard PC Marsden suffered "post-concussion syndrome" and was left with a "severe headache" for three days, dizziness, forgetfulness and bruising and swelling. PC Ward was captured in bodycam footage sobbing with her mouth filled with blood moments after the horror. She was left with a broken nose and needed surgery under general anaesthetic, it was said. Mr Greaney said "given the number of punches thrown by the first defendant at PC Cook's head and face, she was fortunate only to receive relatively minor injuries to her forehead and jaw.' He told jurors the prosecution's position was this was "not a complicated case". He also said the violence was entirely unlawful and delivered out of "anger" and not in self-defence. The prosecutor added: "The events you are concerned with were captured by CCTV cameras and, in relation to the events in the payment area on the body-worn cameras of police officers as well. "So you will not have to depend only on the recollections of witnesses. You will also be able to see with your own eyes what happened. "The two defendants assert, as we understand it, that at all stages they were acting in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other. "Our prediction is that you will readily conclude that the defendants were not acting in lawful self-defence and that their conduct was unlawful." Amaaz denies assaulting PC Marsden and PC Ward, causing them actual bodily harm. He is also accused of the assault of PC Cook and the earlier assault of Abdulkareem Ismaeil at Starbucks. Amaad has pleaded not guilty to assaulting PC Marsden, causing actual bodily harm. The trial continues. 6 6
Sky News
2 days ago
- Sky News
Brothers used 'high level of violence' in assault on police at Manchester Airport, trial hears
Two brothers used a "high level of violence" when they assaulted police at Manchester Airport, a court has heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, allegedly attacked officers after they were called to respond to an earlier incident on 23 July last year. The prosecution opened its case by describing how Amaaz headbutted and punched a member of the public in Starbucks in terminal 2. Police tracked them down to the car park area where three officers, PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward, approached the brothers. "The officers attempted to move Mohammed Fahir Amaaz away from a payment machine in order to arrest him, but he resisted, and his brother Muhammad Amaad intervened," Paul Greaney KC told Liverpool Crown Court. "Both defendants assaulted PC Marsden. "In the moments that followed, the first defendant also assaulted PC Cook and then PC Ward too, breaking her nose. The defendants used a high level of violence." The barrister said the brothers, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, were at the airport to pick up their mother who was arriving from Qatar. He told the court some kind of disagreement had occurred between her and another man on the flight named Abdulkareem Ismaeil, who was with his wife and three children. The brothers were later walking through the terminal when she saw Mr Ismaeil in Starbucks and pointed him out. "At just after 8.20pm, the defendants entered Starbucks and confronted Abdulkareem Ismaeil," Mr Greaney told the court. "During that confrontation, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz delivered a headbutt to the face of Abdulkareem Ismaeil and punched him, then attempted to deliver other blows, all in front of a number of children." CCTV was played in court showing Mr Ismaeil backed up against the counter and apparently arguing with Amaaz before the attack. "The two defendants assert, as we understand it, that at all stages they were acting in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other," said prosecutor Mr Greaney. "Our prediction is that you will readily conclude that the defendants were not acting in lawful self-defence and that their conduct was unlawful." The court heard Mr Ismaeil had declined to give a statement to police and won't appear at the trial. Amaaz is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden and PC Ward, causing actual bodily harm. He is also accused of the assault of PC Cook and Mr Ismaeil. His brother, Amaad, is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden, causing actual bodily harm. Both men deny the allegations.
