A man has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester Airport last year.

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz punched PC Lydia Ward in the face, knocking her down and breaking her nose.

The 20-year-old was also convicted of assaulting PC Ellie Cook and the earlier assault of a member of the public at an airport Starbucks.

The jury was unable to decide whether Amaaz and his brother, Muhammad Ahmed, also assaulted a male officer.

The incident happened at a car park pay area on 23 July 2024 after the brothers went to collect their mother from a flight.

Police were called after Amaaz went into Starbucks and headbutted Abdulkareem Ismaeil – who he claimed racially abused his mother on the plane.

The brothers resisted when officers tried to detain them and they told the court they didn’t know the people who approached them were police.

Prosecutors said Ammaz threw 10 punches in total, and that Amaad aimed six blows at firearms officer PC Zachary Marsden.

Amaaz told the trial he feared the “lunatic” male officer would “batter him to death” and Amaad said he believed he was under attack.

Footage of a kick and stamp by PC Marsden on Amaaz was widely shared on social media in the days after the incident.

The brothers denied all the charges and said they acted in self defence,

Their lawyers said police used “unlawful force” and had grabbed Amaaz from behind without identifying themselves.

It’s now up to prosecutors to decide whether to seek a retrial on the counts the jury couldn’t decide on.

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