Overview

• This week at Liverpool Crown Court marks the start of a three-week trial over an altercation recorded at Manchester Airport on July 23, 2024.
• Twenty-year-old Mohammed Fahir Amaaz faces four counts of assault, including attacks on a member of the public and three emergency workers.
• His brother, 26-year-old Muhammad Amaad, is charged with a single count of assaulting PC Zachary Marsden.
• Jurors were drawn from an initial panel of 40 and cautioned not to consult mainstream or social media or seek information online.
• The proceedings follow an IOPC inquiry and CPS decision to prosecute the brothers while clearing the officers of wrongdoing.