Two brothers have been cleared of assaulting an armed police officer at Manchester Airport after two separate juries failed to reach verdicts in their trials.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, were both accused of assaulting PC Zachary Marsden. They denied the single charge and claimed they were acting in self-defence.
Prosecutors announced they would not seek a third trial after a second jury was left deadlocked last week, according to the Manchester Evening News. Judge Neil Flewitt KC ordered not guilty verdicts to be recorded against Amaaz and Amaad on the charge of assaulting PC Marsden, occasioning him actual bodily harm, after prosecutors offered no evidence.
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