Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting police officers during a disturbance at Manchester Airport. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammed Amaad, 25, both from Rochdale, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.
The incident occurred at Terminal Two on July 23 last year and was widely shared online. Amaaz is accused of assaulting PC Zachary Marsden, PC Lydia Ward, and PC Ellie Cook, causing actual bodily harm. He also faces a charge of assaulting a member of the public, Abdulkareem Ismaeil, at a nearby Starbucks café earlier that day.
Amaad is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden, also causing actual bodily harm. Both men entered not guilty pleas to all charges.
The trial is scheduled to begin on June 30 at Liverpool Crown Court and is expected to last three weeks. Judge Andrew Menary KC granted the defendants unconditional bail.
