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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
New footage shows moment two brothers 'assaulted police officers trying to arrest them at Manchester Airport'
The dramatic moment when two brothers allegedly assaulted police officers as they tried to arrest them at Manchester Airport last summer was shown to a jury today. Captured from two angles by CCTV cameras, it shows the violence which broke out when police attempted to detain Mohammed Fahir Amaaz at a pay station. He had been identified as having headbutted a passenger at a Starbucks café in the arrivals area minutes before, Liverpool Crown Court has heard. Jurors were told that the violence which broke out beside the car park pay station at 8.28pm on July 23 last year lasted for just three minutes. Amaaz was seen to throw ten punches at the officers during the violence while his brother - Muhammad Amaad, 26, who is also on trial – threw six. Amaaz also threw two elbow strikes and kicked the officers, one of whom suffered a broken nose, jurors heard. The clips shown to the jury show Amaad at the pay station before his brother steps alongside him as the trio of officers enter the lobby. Pc Zachary Marsden – who was armed – is then seen taking Amaaz by the arm and placing his other hand on the back of his head. The armed officer said he lashed out as he feared one of the brothers was trying to take his pistol out of its holster during the struggle. As he attempted to gain control of Amaaz in order to arrest him, he said he felt an 'immense weight' pressing on him from behind – coming from his brother Amaad, he later learnt. Pc Marsden said he could feel his gun – still in its holster – moving towards the front of his body. He said his 'initial fear' was that 'someone is trying to get to my gun'. Had an assailant managed to get hold of his Glock semi-automatic, Pc Marsden told the court that would 'pose an immediate lethal threat to anyone in the vicinity'. Having 'deemed' that his assailant was 'a threat', Pc Marsden said he struck Amaad in the face with his first in an attempt to push him away. But the officer said Amaad – who was 'taller and larger build than me' – then grabbed his body armour, dragged him to the bench and subjected him to 'blows from all directions'. Pc Marsden said he had been assaulted on duty multiple times. But he said: 'I can confidently say these are the hardest I've ever felt in my life.' During the attack he said his glasses fell off, meaning he could not see clearly more than an arm's length in front of his face due to his short-sightedness. 'Throughout the incident I was fearful for my firearm,' he added. As Pc Marsden attempted to gain control of Amaaz in order to arrest him, he said he felt an 'immense weight' pressing on him from behind – coming from his brother Amaad (pictured bottom right grappling with an officer in CCTV footage) Having 'deemed' that his assailant was 'a threat', Pc Marsden said he struck Amaad (pictured right) in the face with his first in an attempt to push him away. Two female officers, PC Ellie Cook - also armed - and PC Lydia Ward - who was unarmed – take his other arm. His brother Amaad then approaches from behind and takes hold of Pc Marsden who responds by throwing a punch. Amaad then puts his hand around Pc Marsden's throat and forces him towards a seating area where he punches him twice in the head. As Amaad throws further punches, his brother Mohammed Fahir Amaaz punches and elbows the female officers - first PC Cook and then PC Ward - to their heads. After punching Pc Marsden six times, Amaad is then seen sitting with both hands behind his head while the officer draws his Taser. At that point, jurors were told the footage shows how Amaaz throws a series of punches at Pc Marsden, who falls to the ground. Then Pc Cook is seen firing her Taser at Amaaz who also falls to the ground. Meanwhile Pc Marsden gets to his feet and is seen kicking Amaaz's head and also stamping towards it, apparently without making contact. The brothers' mother is seen in the footage leaning over Amaaz as Pc Marsden pushes her head with his Taser before pointing it at Amaad, who is still seated. Additional officers then arrive in response to Pc Marsden pressing the emergency button on his radio and both brothers are handcuffed. Three onlookers are then pushed away by Pc Marsden before the brothers are led away. The court was then shown CCTV of the incident outside the pay stations from two angles before body-worn video footage from three officers was played to the jury. In the body-worn video, PC Cook can be heard screaming at Amaaz to 'Get down now!' Someone else shouts 'You piece of s***'. One of the female officers can be heard crying in distress as a colleague shouts 'Get on the f****** floor!'. Amid the sound of shouts and screams, video from one of the back-up officers captures him shouting at Amaad: 'You f****** move, I'll smash your f****** face in.' As he attempted to lift the handcuffed suspect from the floor the officer calls him a 'f****** piece of s***'. The armed officer who attempted to arrest one of the brothers before being repeatedly punched was the first prosecution witness. Pc Zachary Marsden stood in the witness box wearing a grey suit, white shirt, black tie, brown shoes and glasses. He said he had been an armed officer for 15 months at the time of the incident. That evening he was in his full 'operational uniform' including a baton, handcuffs, incapacitant spray, Taser and Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol, he said. The firearm was in a holster on his hip with a round in the chamber ready to fire, and he was equipped with two magazines each containing 16 rounds. Pc Marsden said he and PC Cook were in their armed response vehicle when a call came in regarding 'two Asian men fighting outside Starbucks'. He activated the vehicle's blue lights and they set off on a 'grade one urgent response', he said. Arriving at Starbucks in Terminal 2 arrivals they found an Asian man dressed in black 'holding onto his face,' Pc Marsden said. The man told him there had been 'a disagreement on the plane' involving 'an elderly Asian female', he told jurors. 'He then went on to say that whilst outside Starbucks he'd been headbutted by a young Asian male in blue.' The officer said that as there had been an allegation of 'quite a serious assault' they needed to 'locate where the suspect was' with the intention of arresting him on suspicion of actual bodily harm. Pressed by Paul Greaney KC, prosecuting, on why he believed he had grounds to arrest the suspect, Pc Marsden said it was 'to prevent his disappearance' and 'further harm to our victim' as well as to enable a prompt investigation. As he and Pc Cook – now joined by Pc Ward – headed towards the car park where the suspect had been seen heading, Pc Marsden said they received more information over their radios. They were told that from analysis of CCTV of the headbutt, the suspect – Amaaz – was wearing blue shorts and was on his way to the pay stations. Pc Marsden said he decided he would carry out the arrest himself and put his body worn camera into standby mode. Asked by Mr Greaney why later in the incident his camera cut out, Pc Marsden said he believed it was 'when my attacker was on my back'. 'Whilst hitting me he's managed to dislodge the wire,' he added. Jurors have been told that the two brothers attacked police with a 'high level of violence' after officers tried to arrest one for headbutting a stranger at an airport. On Friday Liverpool Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of Amaaz lashing out at Abdulkareem Ismaeil in front of a number of children. Wearing a blue hoodie, the 20-year-old can be seen headbutting Mr Ismaeil in the face and punching him. Last week Mr Greaney told the court the brothers, from Rochdale, had gone to the airport with a young nephew to collect their mother, who was arriving on a flight from Qatar. He said something happened between Mr Ismaeil, who was travelling on the same flight with his wife and three children, and the brothers' mother that left her 'unhappy'. He added: 'The defendants met their mother in the arrivals area of Terminal 2 and began to walk to the car park with her. 'As they did so, they passed a Starbucks. 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.' Mr Greaney said police traced the brothers to the terminal's car park payment area. Three officers, PC Zachary Marsden and PC Ellie Cook - both armed - and PC Lydia Ward - who was unarmed - approached the brothers. Mr Greaney said: 'The officers attempted to move Mohammed Fahir Amaaz away from a payment machine to arrest him, but he resisted, and his brother Muhammad Amaad intervened. 'Both 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 jury was shown CCTV and body-worn camera footage that showed the violent confrontation as stunned passengers watched - with many of them filming the events on mobile phones. PC Marsden and PC Ward took hold of Amaaz by the shoulder and the arm as he tried to pay for his parking. The CCTV shows Amaaz lashing out at the officers and throwing punches at PC Cook and PC Ward, hitting her on the nose, before he was Tasered. The footage also showed PC Marsden aiming a kick to Amaaz's head, followed by a stamping motion as his mother knelt beside him on the floor. Mr Greaney said PC Mark Flanagan, who assisted in the aftermath, 'used foul language', shouting at Muhammed Amaad: 'If you move, I will smash your f****** face in.' Mr Greaney told jurors they were being shown the full footage because he expected criticism of the officers from the defence. He said it was 'not a complicated case' because the events were caught on CCTV, adding: '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.' Mr Greaney said the defendants would say 'that at all stages they were acting in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other', but this was 'simply false'. He added: 'Nothing can justify the violence toward the officers.' '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 assault by beating, two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm, and a charge of assault by beating of a police officer acting as an emergency worker. Amaad denies one charge of assault causing actual bodily harm relating to PC Marsden. The trial continues.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Signal Patience in Market
According to Glassnode, long-term holders (LTHs) are defined as investors who have held bitcoin (BTC) for at least 155 days. CoinDesk Research indicates that one reason bitcoin has ye to reach new all-time highs has been selling pressure from these long-term holders. However, zooming out, Glassnode data shows that the percentage of bitcoin's circulating supply that has not moved in at least three years currently stands at 45%, which is the same level observed in February 2024, one month after the launch of the US exchange-traded fund. Three years ago, in July 2022, the market was in the midst of the leverage crisis triggered by the collapse of 3AC and Celsius during the last bear market, when bitcoin was priced at $20,000, which shows the conviction of LTHs. Meanwhile, the share of circulating supply that has not moved in at least five years is at 30% and has remained flat since May 2024. So, even though long-term holders are selling, as they typically do when prices climb higher, these data points suggest that the broader cohort has not significantly changed its aggregate behavior for over a year now, implying that many are waiting for higher prices before making further in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Way of the Blade: The night AEW's Bryan Danielson and Hangman Adam Page had a bloody good time
"Way of the Blade: AEW Edition" is an upcoming book written by Uncrowned's Phil Schneider, which documents the most iconic and blood-soaked matches in AEW history. It publishes Tuesday, July 1, as a sequel to Schneider's 2021 release, "Way of the Blade: 100 of the Greatest Bloody Matches in Wrestling." The following is an excerpt detailing Bryan Danielson vs. Hangman Adam Page from "AEW Dynamite" on Jan. 5, 2022, "a classic, bloody, hard-fought world title war. The kind of match which made the reputations of legends like Harley Race, Ric Flair and Terry Funk." This was the first time I bled in AEW, and that was really one of the things I was really looking forward to when I was leaving WWE. This idea that, for big matches and for important things, you can bleed. Bryan Danielson Adam Page was in an interesting place. Since the beginning of AEW, they had been building the story of Page overcoming his personal demons, self-doubt, and fractured relationship with his former partner Kenny Omega, to finally win the world heavyweight title. Advertisement The idea of imposter syndrome isn't something that pro-wrestling had much dealt with before; pro-wrestling is a sport full of overconfidence and it was fascinating to see AEW tell a story of under-confidence instead. This was the story of a wrestler who needed to prove to himself that he deserved everything he had gotten. In many ways Page's journey to the title was the personification of what AEW was trying to do as a wrestling promotion. One thing that is challenging and unique about professional wrestling is that you can't just tell the story and then walk away. You have to tell the day-after story as well. Page climbed the mountain, but how does he live his day-by-day? What is the second date like for Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves when there is no exploding bus? Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks kiss on the Empire State Building, but how do they combine their finances and decide who moves where? Hangman Adam Page vs. Brian Danielson. (Illustration by Chris Bryan, @christhings) Narratively, Page's story was over with his title win. And while it was playing out (and while Page was out on paternity leave), two of the biggest stars in 21st century pro-wrestling, CM Punk and Bryan Danielson, joined AEW [in 2021], and the focus of the promotion shifted. The feud between Danielson and Page was focused on Danielson running through the Dark Order and taunting Page, who came off like someone reacting to Danielson rather than the protagonist of his own story. Advertisement It felt like the promotion was at a crossroads. AEW could either move the title to "The American Dragon," who had multiple clear directions to go as champion, or try to make Page into not just a man fighting to climb a mountain, but a guy comfortable standing on top. AEW kicked the booking decision can down the road a bit by having the first match between the two go to a time limit draw, and they came into the rematch with a trio of judges at ringside in case it went the distance as well. (This was clearly an homage to the Wrestle War 1989 match between Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair, which had judges at ringside as well. One of those judges, Terry Funk, jumped Flair post-match, leading many fans to expect a similar move from a judge here.) One of the good things about AEW's booking is that they have usually gone with the narratively satisfying finish rather than trying to do a swerve for swerve's sake. Sometimes, as a result, you have a pretty good idea who is going to win. Here, however, there was no obvious direction the match would go. There were sensible arguments for either guy to win, so there was real drama in every near-fall. Danielson controlled the pace early, countering a Page topé by Bealing him into the guardrail, damaging his arm, and drop-toe-holding him into the ring steps, opening up the first cut. Danielson then worked both Page's damaged shoulder and bloody head, surely putting Page behind on those hypothetical scorecards. Advertisement Page, however, was able to block a Danielson attempt to drive his head into the ringpost, which was something Danielson successfully did in their first match (and legendarily did to Nigel McGuinness 15 years earlier during their Ring of Honor feud). Page drove Danielson into the post instead, badly opening "The American Dragon" up with the same move that had been meant for him. From that moment, the sides were leveled with both men badly lacerated — Danielson especially going the extra mile, his face and hair soaked. We had a compact and impressive sprint to the finish. There were multiple callbacks to the previous match between the two — and to wrestling history — including a bloody Danielson failing to skin the cat, a neat way to show how much danger he was in, and Page getting a 2.99999 kickout on Danielson's running knee, the move he used to win the WWE title from John Cena. The Buckshot Lariat which Page used to win was maybe the nastiest of his career, a great way to end this chapter of the rivalry and a great way to give some real juice to the Adam Page world title reign. * * * Advertisement Bryan Danielson: 'This was the first time I bled in AEW, and that was really one of the things I was really looking forward to when I was leaving WWE. This idea that, for big matches and for important things, you can bleed. And it's not like, 'Oh no, he's bleeding. Doctor is going to come in and stop the match,' where it throws off your entire flow. No — in AEW, we can bleed. 'The whole concept was that I made him bleed in the first match, a 60-minute Iron Man match. And, in the second match, the good guy gets his retribution. He makes me bleed for all the stuff that I've done to him. At the end of the day, proves he is a world champion, proves he is better than me. When you're a bad guy, wrestling a good guy and giving them that retribution by really making you bleed — that's something that's a lot of fun for me, actually. 'Both of the matches I had with Adam Page, back to back, we did almost 90 minutes of TV wrestling over the span of less than four weeks. And it felt fun, it felt good, it felt compelling. And I think the blood really helped the dramatics of it. Hangman Adam Page vs. Brian Danielson. (Illustration by Chris Bryan, @christhings) 'In my last couple of years before I signed with WWE, I would say between 2007 and 2009, fans saw me bleed more than I did every year combined before that. I bled more in those few years than I did in the entirety of my career before that. Advertisement 'I would do the [Takeshi] Morishima matches, right? Those were matches that were blood feuds. Until I got to a certain point in my career, I wasn't necessarily doing anything like that. I'd also made some mistakes early where I would do a match that maybe needed some blood and didn't do it, I'd do some technical wrestling instead. Which was, in my eyes today, a mistake. It's just like, 'Oh, I'm going to do my style no matter what.' There were a couple of times I did that and that was a real mistake. I'm trying to learn from that a little bit. 'One of my favorite matches that I did was 'Fight Without Honor' against Morishima. I showed my wife because she wasn't aware of all the stuff that I had done before WWE. I showed her the DVD cover of this Ring of Honor DVD of me against Morishima, and my face is just covered in blood. And she's like, 'That's disgusting.' 'I was like, 'Oh, I am so proud of that.''
Daily Mail
23-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Girlfriend of victim sent naked video of herself to ex and asked him to sleep with her days before he allegedly masterminded the torture and murder of 'love rival', court told
A drug dealer accused of 'masterminding' the torture and murder of his 'love rival' today claimed the victim's girlfriend sent him a video showing herself dancing naked and asking for sex. John Belfield, 31, said he responded by sending a screenshot of Demi-Lee Driver's clip to Thomas Campbell - but insisted he 'did not want any trouble'. Days later 38-year-old Mr Campbell's bloodied body was found bound in extra-strength duct tape and dressed in only a pair of socks in his own home. Prosecutors claim that Belfield was the 'driving force' behind the deadly ambush in July 2022, fuelled by jealousy over Ms Driver - with whom he has previously been in a relationship - and a desire to steal from the victim. He 'fled' the country after the killing and his 'right-hand' man was later convicted of murdering Mr Campbell. The dead man's ex-wife Coleen was found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob after providing crucial details about his movements before the gang pounced, jurors have been told. Belfield himself was later extradited back from Suriname in South America and is now on trial for murder. Giving evidence in his defence today, the father-of-one said he had received the explicit video from Ms Driver. He also admitted swapping messages with Coleen Campbell - but said he found her 'good looking' and the exchange could 'potentially' have led to a sexual relationship. Belfield said he informed fellow drug dealer Mr Campbell about the video sent by Ms Driver because he wanted to be 'transparent' with him. 'It was not a good idea for me to get into conflict with Tom Campbell,' he added. 'Tom's a lot bigger and stronger than me.' Taking to the witness box at Manchester Crown Court, Belfield said before the killing he had earned around £2,000-a-week dealing cannabis and cocaine. Questioned by his barrister Richard Wright KC, he said he had known Mr Campbell for about ten years, saying he was 'higher up than me' in the drugs trade. 'I have never had any trouble with Tom Campbell in my life,' he insisted. Belfield insisted that his contact with Ms Campbell over Instagram in the run-up to the murder had nothing to do with a plan to rob her ex-husband or being 'jealous' about his relationship with Ms Driver. He found Ms Campbell 'good-looking' and felt there was a possibility they could have sex. Belfield said he wanted to speak to Mr Campbell 'because his ex-wife had added me on Instagram and about how his current partner was behaving'. 'It was just about Demi because a week before she was asking me on Facetime to go around and sleep with her,' he added. 'Demi had told me she was seeing him. 'I did not really care. It was irrelevant to me.' Belfield said he 'definitely' did not want to rekindle his relationship with Ms Driver, adding that the feeling was 'mutual'. 'I just wanted to tell Tom,' he added. 'I did not want any trouble with him. I just wanted to be transparent before anything came out about his ex-wife. 'His current partner was asking me to sleep with her and he could have an issue with that if I did. 'These woman were making him look a bit silly. 'I felt he thought I was trying to cause trouble but I was just telling him the truth.' He said he sent Mr Campbell the screen shot of Ms Driver dancing naked 'to prove I was not lying'. 'I was not trying to antagonise him. I thought I was doing the right thing. 'I was not jealous of him.' He said Mr Campbell was 'not happy' and told him not to speak to either woman. But Belfield said he immediately rang Coleen Campbell to tell her what her ex-husband had said. He denied being part of any plan to rob the victim of his drugs but admitted that Ms Campbell had told her the kind of places he kept his stash. 'I wanted to steal them with no comeback on me,' he said Belfield was asked by Mr Wright about messages he sent to Ms Driver days before the killing telling her 'You are mine' and 'You belong to me Demi-Lee for ever.' He said the string of crying/laughing face emojis in the messages meant he was being sarcastic and the thread was being 'twisted against me'. Belfield has admitted he took part in alleged 'recces' of Mr Campbell's home in Mossley, Greater Manchester before the killing and helping disguise the van used in the ambush afterwards. But he denies being part of the team which placed a tracking device on Mr Campbell's VW van, or being one of the men who bought items used in his torture. The court has heard the 'horrific' killing was the result of 'very careful planning by a team of highly organised criminals'. Jurors have been told that at a 2023 trial Belfield's 'right-hand man' Reece Steven was convicted of murder and conspiracy to rob. Stephen Cleworth, from Heywood, who acted as a driver, was convicted of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob. He was responsible for planting the tracker on Mr Campbell's vehicle and assisting with surveillance although he was not present during the murder. The prosecution case is that Steven, Belfield and a third unknown man were all present when Mr Campbell was tortured to death. Belfield, of no fixed address, denies murder and conspiracy to rob. The trial continues.
The Independent
20-06-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Will a heatwave help your solar panels perform better?
High temperatures can slightly reduce the efficiency of solar panels, despite longer daylight hours increasing overall generation. solar panels perform optimally at 25 degrees Celsius or below, with efficiency decreasing by approximately 0.34-0.5 percentage points for each degree above this temperature. During the UK's record 40.3°C heatwave in July 2022, good solar panels operated at about 5 per cent below their peak efficiency. Despite the heat, the commercial solar sector performed well during the record heatwave, contributing 8.6 per cent of the UK's electricity needs that day. Investing in solar panels can be beneficial for homeowners, with payback periods ranging from 5 to 13 years depending on factors like system size, roof orientation, and electricity usage patterns. solar panels have a long lifespan of up to 30 years, making them a viable long-term investment, especially with future heatwaves expected to be longer and hotter in the UK.
