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Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Scottish Sun
One of two brothers on trial for violent clash with cops at Manchester airport says he feared they'd both be killed
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ONE of two brothers in a violent clash with police at an airport said yesterday he feared they would both be killed. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz told a court he lashed out in fear when grabbed without warning by an armed officer. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 On trial, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, left, and his brother Muhammed Amaad Credit: PP. 2 Firearms cop Zachary Marsden has said he acted 'professionally' He said he resisted only as he was being forced to the ground by PC Zachary Marsden. The 20-year-old added: 'I thought he was going to batter me to the point I was dead. He would have killed me. 'It's not like it hasn't happened before when police officers have abused their powers and people have died.' Amaaz said that he later saw his brother, Muhammed Amaad, being punched repeatedly and an officer pointing a gun at him. The jury has been told it was PC Marsden with a Taser. Amaaz told the court: 'Honestly, I thought this guy was going to shoot my brother.' The fight broke out as police swooped on the pair at Manchester airport in July last year. It followed a row between the brothers and a man who allegedly insulted their mother on her flight from Pakistan. Amaaz aimed a punch that broke PC Lydia Ward's nose before he was tasered by PC Ellie Cook and kicked in the head by PC Marsden. Amaaz denies four assault charges while his brother Amaad, 26, denies a charge of assaulting PC Marsden. The brothers, from Rochdale, claim they were acting in self-defence. Their trial continues at Liverpool crown court.
South Wales Guardian
6 days ago
- South Wales Guardian
I headbutted man in self-defence, airport police assault accused tells court
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, told Liverpool Crown Court that he visited the airport on the evening of July 23 to collect his mother from an incoming flight from Pakistan. His brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, and their young nephew joined him to greet his mother at Terminal 2 arrivals, he said. Amaaz said: 'At first she was happy to see us but it turned into a sad moment pretty quickly. 'After we hugged and kissed I asked her how her flight was and she told me it was the worst eight hours of her life. 'She started to break down. She said there was a man on the flight who had been bothering her non-stop and had called her a Paki bitch again and again.' As they walked through arrivals, his mother noticed the man in a Starbucks coffee shop and pointed him out, he said. Amaaz said he calmly approached the male who was 'a lot bigger than me'. He said: 'I said, 'look, this is my mum behind me, she is a 58-year-old woman who has got low blood sugars and high cholesterol, she is always in and out of hospital. 'I said, 'there is no need for this, just admit it and apologise and that's it. 'He said 'no, go from here'. He shouted at me. 'His wife says to me, 'he didn't say that to your mum, he said it to a little girl'. 'I thought that just makes it 10 times worse. It made even more upset.' He said the man refused to apologise and then said to him: 'You know who I am, I will smash you.' Amaaz said: 'Given his size and demeanour I felt scared. To be honest I just wanted to get away from him. 'He took a step towards me and said 'I will f****** kill you'. 'I thought this man is going to attack me any second now so I struck him twice. 'I headbutted him. Straight after the headbutt I did punch him. I don't think it landed.' He said the man repeated his threat to kill him and he decided to leave. Amaaz said: 'When we were walking off he was on his phone and shouted, 'wait outside, five minutes'. 'I thought he was on his phone to one of his friends to ask him to come down and probably attack us.' Shortly after, at the T2 car park paystation, he was approached by three police officers who grabbed him after they had received a report of an assault at Starbucks. His barrister Imran Khan KC asked: 'At that precise moment, what was going through your mind?' Amaaz said: 'I was thinking it might be the person who was on the phone to the man who had made threats to us.' He said he 'tensed up' as he did not know who had grabbed him. Mr Khan said: 'Had you known it was the police, what would you have done?' Amaaz replied: 'I simply would have waited for them to say to me what they needed me to do.' Jurors have heard that the customer in Starbucks, Kuwaiti national Abdulkareem Ismaeil, did not want to pursue a complaint against Amaaz as he wanted to get on with his family holiday. Amaaz, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of assaulting an emergency worker and one count of assaulting Mr Ismaeil.
North Wales Chronicle
6 days ago
- North Wales Chronicle
I headbutted man in self-defence, airport police assault accused tells court
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, told Liverpool Crown Court that he visited the airport on the evening of July 23 to collect his mother from an incoming flight from Pakistan. His brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, and their young nephew joined him to greet his mother at Terminal 2 arrivals, he said. Amaaz said: 'At first she was happy to see us but it turned into a sad moment pretty quickly. 'After we hugged and kissed I asked her how her flight was and she told me it was the worst eight hours of her life. 'She started to break down. She said there was a man on the flight who had been bothering her non-stop and had called her a Paki bitch again and again.' As they walked through arrivals, his mother noticed the man in a Starbucks coffee shop and pointed him out, he said. Amaaz said he calmly approached the male who was 'a lot bigger than me'. He said: 'I said, 'look, this is my mum behind me, she is a 58-year-old woman who has got low blood sugars and high cholesterol, she is always in and out of hospital. 'I said, 'there is no need for this, just admit it and apologise and that's it. 'He said 'no, go from here'. He shouted at me. 'His wife says to me, 'he didn't say that to your mum, he said it to a little girl'. 'I thought that just makes it 10 times worse. It made even more upset.' He said the man refused to apologise and then said to him: 'You know who I am, I will smash you.' Amaaz said: 'Given his size and demeanour I felt scared. To be honest I just wanted to get away from him. 'He took a step towards me and said 'I will f****** kill you'. 'I thought this man is going to attack me any second now so I struck him twice. 'I headbutted him. Straight after the headbutt I did punch him. I don't think it landed.' He said the man repeated his threat to kill him and he decided to leave. Amaaz said: 'When we were walking off he was on his phone and shouted, 'wait outside, five minutes'. 'I thought he was on his phone to one of his friends to ask him to come down and probably attack us.' Shortly after, at the T2 car park paystation, he was approached by three police officers who grabbed him after they had received a report of an assault at Starbucks. His barrister Imran Khan KC asked: 'At that precise moment, what was going through your mind?' Amaaz said: 'I was thinking it might be the person who was on the phone to the man who had made threats to us.' He said he 'tensed up' as he did not know who had grabbed him. Mr Khan said: 'Had you known it was the police, what would you have done?' Amaaz replied: 'I simply would have waited for them to say to me what they needed me to do.' Jurors have heard that the customer in Starbucks, Kuwaiti national Abdulkareem Ismaeil, did not want to pursue a complaint against Amaaz as he wanted to get on with his family holiday. Amaaz, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of assaulting an emergency worker and one count of assaulting Mr Ismaeil.
Leader Live
6 days ago
- Leader Live
I headbutted man in self-defence, airport police assault accused tells court
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, told Liverpool Crown Court that he visited the airport on the evening of July 23 to collect his mother from an incoming flight from Pakistan. His brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, and their young nephew joined him to greet his mother at Terminal 2 arrivals, he said. Amaaz said: 'At first she was happy to see us but it turned into a sad moment pretty quickly. 'After we hugged and kissed I asked her how her flight was and she told me it was the worst eight hours of her life. 'She started to break down. She said there was a man on the flight who had been bothering her non-stop and had called her a Paki bitch again and again.' As they walked through arrivals, his mother noticed the man in a Starbucks coffee shop and pointed him out, he said. Amaaz said he calmly approached the male who was 'a lot bigger than me'. He said: 'I said, 'look, this is my mum behind me, she is a 58-year-old woman who has got low blood sugars and high cholesterol, she is always in and out of hospital. 'I said, 'there is no need for this, just admit it and apologise and that's it. 'He said 'no, go from here'. He shouted at me. 'His wife says to me, 'he didn't say that to your mum, he said it to a little girl'. 'I thought that just makes it 10 times worse. It made even more upset.' He said the man refused to apologise and then said to him: 'You know who I am, I will smash you.' Amaaz said: 'Given his size and demeanour I felt scared. To be honest I just wanted to get away from him. 'He took a step towards me and said 'I will f****** kill you'. 'I thought this man is going to attack me any second now so I struck him twice. 'I headbutted him. Straight after the headbutt I did punch him. I don't think it landed.' He said the man repeated his threat to kill him and he decided to leave. Amaaz said: 'When we were walking off he was on his phone and shouted, 'wait outside, five minutes'. 'I thought he was on his phone to one of his friends to ask him to come down and probably attack us.' Shortly after, at the T2 car park paystation, he was approached by three police officers who grabbed him after they had received a report of an assault at Starbucks. His barrister Imran Khan KC asked: 'At that precise moment, what was going through your mind?' Amaaz said: 'I was thinking it might be the person who was on the phone to the man who had made threats to us.' He said he 'tensed up' as he did not know who had grabbed him. Mr Khan said: 'Had you known it was the police, what would you have done?' Amaaz replied: 'I simply would have waited for them to say to me what they needed me to do.' Jurors have heard that the customer in Starbucks, Kuwaiti national Abdulkareem Ismaeil, did not want to pursue a complaint against Amaaz as he wanted to get on with his family holiday. Amaaz, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of assaulting an emergency worker and one count of assaulting Mr Ismaeil.
Glasgow Times
6 days ago
- Glasgow Times
I headbutted man in self-defence, airport police assault accused tells court
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, told Liverpool Crown Court that he visited the airport on the evening of July 23 to collect his mother from an incoming flight from Pakistan. His brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, and their young nephew joined him to greet his mother at Terminal 2 arrivals, he said. Amaaz said: 'At first she was happy to see us but it turned into a sad moment pretty quickly. 'After we hugged and kissed I asked her how her flight was and she told me it was the worst eight hours of her life. 'She started to break down. She said there was a man on the flight who had been bothering her non-stop and had called her a Paki bitch again and again.' As they walked through arrivals, his mother noticed the man in a Starbucks coffee shop and pointed him out, he said. Amaaz said he calmly approached the male who was 'a lot bigger than me'. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz is accused of assault (Peter Powell/PA) He said: 'I said, 'look, this is my mum behind me, she is a 58-year-old woman who has got low blood sugars and high cholesterol, she is always in and out of hospital. 'I said, 'there is no need for this, just admit it and apologise and that's it. 'He said 'no, go from here'. He shouted at me. 'His wife says to me, 'he didn't say that to your mum, he said it to a little girl'. 'I thought that just makes it 10 times worse. It made even more upset.' He said the man refused to apologise and then said to him: 'You know who I am, I will smash you.' Amaaz said: 'Given his size and demeanour I felt scared. To be honest I just wanted to get away from him. 'He took a step towards me and said 'I will f****** kill you'. The altercation took place inside the arrivals section at Manchester Airport's terminal 2 (Alamy/PA) 'I thought this man is going to attack me any second now so I struck him twice. 'I headbutted him. Straight after the headbutt I did punch him. I don't think it landed.' He said the man repeated his threat to kill him and he decided to leave. Amaaz said: 'When we were walking off he was on his phone and shouted, 'wait outside, five minutes'. 'I thought he was on his phone to one of his friends to ask him to come down and probably attack us.' Shortly after, at the T2 car park paystation, he was approached by three police officers who grabbed him after they had received a report of an assault at Starbucks. His barrister Imran Khan KC asked: 'At that precise moment, what was going through your mind?' Amaaz said: 'I was thinking it might be the person who was on the phone to the man who had made threats to us.' He said he 'tensed up' as he did not know who had grabbed him. Mr Khan said: 'Had you known it was the police, what would you have done?' Amaaz replied: 'I simply would have waited for them to say to me what they needed me to do.' Jurors have heard that the customer in Starbucks, Kuwaiti national Abdulkareem Ismaeil, did not want to pursue a complaint against Amaaz as he wanted to get on with his family holiday. Amaaz, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of assaulting an emergency worker and one count of assaulting Mr Ismaeil.
