Brothers won't face THIRD trial over Manchester Airport confrontation
A jury failed to reach verdicts in the case last week.
Two brothers accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport during a fracas which went viral on social media will not face a third trial after prosecutors offered no evidence.
The decision was made after two separate juries at Liverpool Crown Court could not reach verdicts on allegations that Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, assaulted Pc Zachary Marsden in July 2024 causing him actual bodily harm.
Both men, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, denied the charge and said they acted in lawful self-defence, or in defence of the other.
Last week, the second jury was discharged after they deliberated for nearly 20 hours following a five-week trial.
Amaaz was remanded in custody last year after he was convicted at the first trial of the assault of Pc Lydia Ward and Pc Ellie Cook during the same incident on July 23.
He will be sentenced on June 26.