Opinions on Manchester Airport assault verdict and its implications for policing

[Wizeman]

Two brothers found not guilty of assaulting police officers at Manchester Airport. So two lads allegedly attack armed police, break one officer’s nose, after officers moved to arrest them following earlier aggressive behaviour toward members of the public at the airport — and they’re found not guilty. Any opinions on this? How are police meant to do there job when the justice system let's them down every time? They literally broke an officers nose. Armed police not to mention in a blooming airport, great place to attack them and no consequences. Fuming

Also the men had already been found guilty at an earlier trial for their actions against the two female police officers.

To be clear...

These men were found GUILTY of three of the four assaults.

The brother shown punching officers has been found guilty of 2x assaulting a police officer and 1x assaulting a member of the public.

That same jury (NOT a judge or the Home Secretary) could not reach a verdict on a fourth charge of ABH against another officer.

A second jury (ordinary people remember) reviewed the evidence and came to the same conclusion.

We haven't seen everything the juries were presented with in court, only bits from social media etc. ABH requires it NOT to be in self defence and there's footage of the officer in question stamping on one of them on the floor which I expect complicates it.

Sentencing for the guilty verdicts is next month.

96 percent guilty vote. Trial by Mumsnet Poll. Perhaps David Lammy should take note.

The two brothers were at the airport to meet their mother off a flight

She told them she had been racially abused - not sure if this was on the flight or in the airport when she disembarked

One brother went into a coffee shop and assaulted the person his mother accused of racially abusing her. He is charged with the assault on the person in Starbucks and also of assaulting the two female police officers and will be charged in June

If they put a foot wrong in the future ..... Their faces are all over SM.

Their solicitor said they've been subjected to appalling racist abuse.

Online, after the incident. Not by the police.
At least that’s what he said in the link you’ve posted.

And, he would say that wouldn’t he?

Exactly. He also went on to say that they’d never been in trouble before and came from a law-abiding family.

Still, for some reason, at least one of them thought it would be a good idea to confront and physically attack the other passenger who had allegedly been racist to their mum, and then completely flip out when approached by police.

Double post.

Ffs we all saw the videos. 1 of the brothers assaulted another man and that’s why the police went to arrest him.

Makes me wonder if the judge directed the jury to aquit the two men. I think most ordinary people would think these two guys needed the book throwing at them. They were violent and totally out of control.

Our police need backing up as well. That policeman was in fear of his life.

In fear of his life from a guy laid prone on the floor with a taser pointed at him? Give over.

To be fair, the male police officer was physically attacked, including having one of the brothers' arms around his neck just moments previously:

The junior counsel Adam Birkby suggested that Amaaz threw 10 punches, which included one to the face of PC Ward that knocked her to the floor, and that Amaad aimed six punches at the firearms officer PC Marsden.
Amaaz is also said to have kicked PC Marsden and twice struck firearms officer PC Cook with his elbow.
He is said to have punched PC Marsden from behind and then had hold of him before PC Cook discharged her Taser device.
Amaaz had his arm around PC Marsden’s neck as both fell to the floor, Birkby said, before the officer got to his feet.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/07/jurors-shown-cctv-footage-of-brothers-alleged-assault-of-police-officers-at-manchester-airport

Exactly. The judge could hardly find them guilty after the second jury failed to reach a verdict.

The other brother has already been found guilty of assaulting the 2 female officers and the member of the public. He’s been held on remand for months and is due to be sentenced soon.

That's what I said

It’s absolutely not

I said the one brother had been found guilty of assaulting the 2 female police officers and the person in the cafe. What is incorrect about that

And yet, despite that, 24 different people couldn’t agree he was guilty. The kick/stamp to the head came when he was subdued on the floor. Unacceptable irrelevant of what had gone on. People hit out at police all of the time, we can’t say it’s acceptable that once they’re then on the floor the police can kick them in the head. Come on.

Nowhere in your post did you say he’d been found guilty. You said he’d been charged. That’s not being found guilty. He was charged before he went to trial, he was found guilty at trial. Now he’s on remand.

The brothers in this case had been charged too, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on two occasions at two separate trials.

I have repeatedly said on this thread if you would like to check that the one brother had been found guilty of assault on the two female police officers and the person in the cafe. I made a mistake on my last post

Fucking shoot me

No idea why people are so quick to defend a pair of violent scumbags.

Yawn. I don’t think either party behaved well.