Mohammed Fahir Amaaz attacked two female officers back in 2024
A man has been jailed after assaulting two police officers and a member of the public in an attack at Manchester Airport.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, was handed a prison sentence of three and a half years following the horrific assault in 2024.
He has been convicted of assaulting PC Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook during the incident on July 23 of that year, where PC Ward sustained a broken nose following a punch from Amaaz.
Meanwhile, PC Cook was punched and elbowed to the floor in the attack.
Reading a statement during his sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court today, PC Ward said: "You chose to attack a female. You knocked me to the ground with one punch, with so much force you broke my nose.
"How would you feel if a male did that to your mother? How would you feel if it was your mother standing here today explaining how she was violently assaulted by a male?
The officer said that she still has a small scar left over from the assault, which is a constant reminder of the brutal attack.
PC Ward told the court: "What angers me is that afterwards, when only part of the footage was out in the public, you played the victim.
"You are not a victim. I am the one who was injured, not you. You had the whole world listening to you and you showed no remorse. Not one ounce.
"You allowed the public to feel sorry for you. You made out like we had done something wrong when all we were doing was our job.
"The things that have been written about me on social media are disgusting. Do I deserve to be spoken about in that way? I was made to feel like an idiot.
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"You could have stopped that by telling the truth. Instead, you continued with this narrative, even when the full footage was published."
Officers first descended on the scene after reports that a man, who fitted the description of Amaaz, headbutted a member of the public in the airport's Starbucks.
Amaaz then headbutted Abdulkareen Ismaeil in the cafe over claims the man racially abused his mother.
Both brothers fought back when officers attempted to arrest them, with Amaaz using a "high level of violence". Lawyers said Amaaz threw 10 punches, two elbows and a kick at PC Zachary Marsden.
PC Marsden then was captured on video delivering a kick and stamp on Amaaz, a clip of which went viral on social media before the full footage was released.
PC Cook told the court: "It hurts and upsets me that you chose to spin the narrative the way you did. All you needed to do was to say you had made a massive mistake, own it.
"But instead, you chose to put us all at risk, even yourselves. Each of our faces were plastered all over national news. Everyone knew who we were.
"I had to move out of my home, a home where I felt safe and secure. For what? For doing my job?"
PC Cook said she still continues to have "shooting pains" through her jaw when she yawns, as well as regular headaches and sleep issues.
She also told the court she had to step away from her role as a firearms officers so she had to pause her "dream" of one day becoming a close protection officer.
Back in May, the CPS confirmed it would not pursue another trail against Amaaz and his brother, 26, who was charged with assaulting PC Marsden.
The Rochdale defendants were subsequently acquitted after they argued that they were acting in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other.