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The Independent
6 hours ago
- The Independent
Man accused of assaulting police at airport ‘headbutted traveller'
A man accused of assault police at Manchester Airport also head-butted a traveller, a court has heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20 allegedly got 'in the face' of traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and head-butted him in a Starbucks at Terminal Two before police were called, Liverpool Crown Court was told on Friday. Police traced Amaaz and his brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, who were leaving the airport after picking up their mother from a flight from Qatar. It was alleged that the brothers used a 'high level of violence' and assaulted three officers who arrived to arrest them as they paid for parking. Jurors were shown CCTV. The brothers have denied the charges against them from 23 July last year. Mr Ismaeli had been on the same flight as the defendant's mother where 'something happened' which upset her, the jury heard. He had been with his wife, two young daughters and young son in Starbucks while leaving the terminal when the defendant's mother passed by and pointed him out to her sons. The manager of the Starbucks, Cameron Carledge, overheard 'raised voices' while doing paperwork in his office, when he went to the door and saw his colleague prepared the order for Mr Ismaeil at the counter. He saw another man, wearing a blue track-suit, identified as Amaaz, 'quite close to him, shouting at him'. Mr Carledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. 'At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face,' the witness said. 'Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. 'Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive.' Mr Carledge continued that Mr Ismaeili raised his voice in a more defensive than aggressive way. 'There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man head butted the man we see in the black,' he continued. 'He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter.' The Starbucks manager said that before the two men were spit up, Amaaz threw two punches but he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. He then called the police. Mr Carledge said, working at the airport, he saw people 'arguing all the time' but, after witnessing the headbutt, called police. Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeli and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward. His brother Amaad denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Marsden.
Sky News
7 hours ago
- Sky News
Man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport 'headbutted' a traveller, court hears
A man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was "aggressive" and "headbutted" a traveller earlier, a witness has told a court. The first incident took place at a Starbucks at terminal two of the airport and led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When officers arrived, they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who were leaving the airport after picking up their mother. Police arrived to arrest the pair as they went to pay for parking. But the brothers are alleged to have assaulted three officers after using a "high level of violence" to resist arrest. The jury has been shown CCTV of both incidents. The siblings, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, deny the allegations on 23 July last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and Amaaz's mother were on the same flight, on which "something happened" that upset her, the jury heard. Later, while leaving the airport with his wife and three young children, he stopped at Starbucks, where the defendant's mother pointed him out to her sons. The manager of the Starbucks, Cameron Cartledge, told the court he heard "raised voices" and went to the door, where he saw a man - identified as Amaaz - "quite close" to Mr Ismaeil and "shouting at him". Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. "At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face," he said. "Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. "Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive." Mr Cartledge continued: "There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man headbutted the man we see in the black. "He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter." Amaaz then threw two punches, Mr Cartledge said, adding that he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. The two men were then split up, he added. When asked why he called the police, the witness replied: "Well, he had just assaulted him." Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to three police officers: PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward. His brother, Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Marsden.
Sky News
7 hours ago
- Sky News
Man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport 'headbutted' another traveller, court hears
A man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was "aggressive" and "headbutted" another traveller earlier, a witness has told a court. The first incident took place at a Starbucks at terminal two of the airport and led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When officers arrived, they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who were leaving the airport after picking up their mother. Police arrived to arrest the pair as they went to pay for parking. But the brothers are alleged to have assaulted three officers after using a "high level of violence" to resist arrest. The jury has been shown CCTV of both incidents. The siblings, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, deny the allegations on 23 July last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and Amaaz's mother were on the same flight, on which "something happened" that upset her, the jury heard. Later, while leaving the airport with his wife and three young children, he stopped at Starbucks, where the defendant's mother pointed him out to her sons. The manager of the Starbucks, Cameron Cartledge, told the court he heard "raised voices" and went to the door, where he saw a man - identified as Amaaz - "quite close" to Mr Ismaeil and "shouting at him". Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. "At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face," he said. "Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. "Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive." Mr Cartledge continued: "There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man headbutted the man we see in the black. "He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter." Amaaz then threw two punches, Mr Cartledge said, adding that he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. The two men were then split up, he added. When asked why he called the police, the witness replied: "Well, he had just assaulted him." Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to three police officers: PC Zachary Marsden, PC Ellie Cook and PC Lydia Ward. His brother, Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to PC Marsden.
Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Yahoo
Man broke police officer's nose in airport attack, court hears
Two brothers used a 'high level of violence' in assaulting police officers at Manchester Airport, a court has heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, are said to have struck out after police were called to respond to an earlier incident at the Starbucks cafe in the Terminal 2 building on 23 July 2024. Mr Amaaz delivered a headbutt to the face of a man wh ohad been on the same flight as his mother and punched him during the altercation in Starbucks, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Opening the prosecution case on Friday, Paul Greaney KC said officers who were already in the airport later 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, approached the defendants, he said. Mr Greaney went on: 'The officers attempted to move Mohammed Fahir Amaaz away from a payment machine in order to arrest him, but he resisted, and his brother Muhammad Amaad intervened. 'Both defendants 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.' Mr Amaaz is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden and PC Ward, causing them actual bodily harm. He is also accused of the assault of PC Cook and the earlier assault of Abdulkareem Ismaeil at Starbucks. Mr Amaad, 26, is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden, causing actual bodily harm. Both men, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, deny the allegations. Mr Greaney said the defendants had travelled to the airport with their young nephew to collect their mother who was due to arrive back on a flight from Qatar. The prosecutor said: 'A man named Abdulkareem Ismaeil was on the same flight as the defendants' mother. He was travelling with his wife and three young children. 'It is clear that on the flight and/or shortly after it landed, something happened between the defendants' mother and Abdulkareem Ismaeil that made the defendants' mother unhappy. 'The defendants met their mother in the arrivals area of Terminal 2 and began to walk to the car park with her and the child that was with them. As they did so, they passed a Starbucks coffee house. '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. 'The prosecution case is that this was obviously unlawful conduct.' Mr Greaney told jurors the prosecution's position was this was 'not a complicated case'. He said: 'The events you are concerned with were captured by CCTV cameras and, in relation to the events in the payment area on the body-worn cameras of police officers as well. 'So 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. 'The two defendants assert, as we understand it, that at all stages they were acting in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other. 'Our prediction is that you will readily conclude that the defendants were not acting in lawful self-defence and that their conduct was unlawful.'
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Yahoo
Man accused of airport assault was aggressive and headbutted traveller
The man accused of assaulting police at Manchester Airport was 'aggressive' and got 'in the face' of another traveller before head-butting him, a witness told a court. The incident at a Starbucks coffee house at Terminal Two of Manchester Airport led to police being called, Liverpool Crown Court heard. When police arrived they traced brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, who was leaving the airport after picking up their mother from a flight from Qatar. As the brothers went to pay for parking, police arrived to arrest them but they resisted using a 'high level of violence' and assaulted three officers, it is alleged. Both incidents were caught on CCTV, shown to the jury. The brothers, from Rochdale, deny the alleged offences on July 23 last year and claim self-defence. Traveller Abdulkareem Ismaeil and the defendant's mother had been on the same flight and 'something happened' the jury was told, that upset the defendant's mother. Mr Ismaeil, with his wife, two young daughters and young son, had stopped at the Starbucks while leaving the terminal when the defendant's mother passed by and pointed him out to her sons. Cameron Cartledge was the manager at the Starbucks and was in the office doing paperwork and preparing the shift handover before going home when he heard 'raised voices' and went to the door, he told the court. As his colleague prepared the order for Mr Ismaeil at the counter, he saw another man, wearing a blue track-suit, identified as Amaaz, 'quite close to him, shouting at him'. Mr Cartledge said the shouting was in a foreign language he did not understand. The witness said: 'At the time of the arguing he was very close to him, like in his face. 'Blue track-suit man seemed quite aggressive, obviously annoyed about something, I don't know what. Blue track-suit man was aggressively shouting. 'Because his body language, his tone of voice was quite aggressive.' Prosecutor Paul Greaney KC, asked the witness: 'What about Mr Ismaeil, the man with his back against the counter?' Mr Cartledge said: 'He had a raised voice, but I would say he was more defensive than aggressive. 'There was arguing, I don't know what was being said, then blue track-suit man head butted the man we see in the black. 'He got him in the face. It did not look like it hurt Mr Ismaeil much but it was forceful enough to make him stagger back into the counter.' Mr Carledge said before the two men were split up, Amaaz threw two punches but he thought they landed on Mr Ismaeil's shoulder. Mr Carledge said, working at the airport, he saw people 'arguing all the time' but, after witnessing the headbutt, called police. Mr Greaney said: 'Why did you call police?' 'Well, he had just assaulted him,' the witness replied. Police traced the brothers leaving the airport where violence erupted again, the court heard. Amaaz denies one count of assault to Mr Ismaeil and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pc Zachary Marsden, Pc Ellie Cook and Pc Lydia Ward. His brother Amaad, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Pc Marsden. The trial continues.
