CPS Drops Second Retrial for 2 Men in Manchester Airport Assault Case
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Updated · BBC.com · May 29
CPS Drops Second Retrial for 2 Men in Manchester Airport Assault Case
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 29
Two men accused of assaulting PC Zachary Marsden at Manchester Airport will not face a second retrial after the Crown Prosecution Service said it would offer no evidence.
Two juries at Liverpool Crown Court had already failed to reach verdicts on the charge over the 23 July 2024 brawl at Terminal 2's car park pay station area.
Muhammad Amaad, 26, and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, denied the allegation, telling jurors they acted in lawful self-defence or in defence of each other.
Amaaz was separately convicted by another jury of assaulting two female officers and a Starbucks customer during the same incident, and is due to be sentenced on 26 June.
The case stemmed from police approaching the brothers after an earlier coffee shop incident, with social media footage later shown in court capturing the wider disturbance.
He was convicted of assaulting two officers, so why did two juries deadlock on the assault against a third?
With bodycam footage of the violent brawl, why couldn't two separate juries agree on a verdict?