Manchester Airport trial LIVE: Brothers to learn their fate as jury weighs verdict

The incident began when Mohammed Fahir Amaaz allegedly attacked a man at a Starbucks in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2.Police were called and tried to intervene, but Amaaz is accused of turning on the officers, punching one and headbutting another.

As officers struggled to restrain him, his brother Muhammad Amaad is said to have joined in, repeatedly hitting one of the PCs.

The situation escalated quickly, with bodycam footage capturing the moment PC Lydia Ward was knocked unconscious during the melee.

The brothers, from Rochdale, deny all charges and are currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

The jury was on Tuesday told it can now return majority verdicts in the trial of two brothers accused of assaulting armed police at Manchester Airport.

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 25, both from Rochdale, deny the charges relating to the incident on July 23 last year.

Judge Neil Flewitt KC gave the direction after one juror was discharged for a pre-arranged holiday, leaving 11 remaining.

He told them: "It's always better if you can to reach verdicts on which you are all agreed.

"But I'm going to ask you to continue your deliberations for a while longer."

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and his brother Muhammad Amaad, 26, are accused of assaulting police officers during a violent incident at Manchester Airport.

Amaaz is alleged to have attacked a man at a Starbucks before turning on officers, punching three of them and knocking one unconscious.

Amaad is accused of joining the fray and hitting one officer six times as police struggled to bring them under control.

Bodycam and CCTV footage shown in court captured the full incident, which left PC Lydia Ward with a broken nose. Both brothers deny the charges, and the trial continues at Liverpool Crown Court.

The jury has entered a second day of deliberations in the trial of two brothers accused of assaulting police officers at Manchester Airport. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, deny attacking three Greater Manchester Police officers during a confrontation in Terminal 2 last summer.

Jurors at Liverpool Crown Court have reviewed CCTV and viral mobile phone footage showing the struggle, which prosecutors described as a “high level of violence.” The defence argues both men were acting in self-defence after being grabbed without warning. Deliberations resumed at 10.30am on Wednesday.