Brothers deny assault charges after alleged altercation with police at Manchester Airport

Two brothers have denied assault charges after an alleged altercation with police at Manchester Airport.

Muhammad Amaad, 25, and his younger sibling Mohammed Amaaz, 20, entered not guilty pleas to the charges they face. The pair, who in court both wore black suits, white shirts and black ties, were charged after video footage emerged of an alleged incident involving police officers and members of the public in July last year.

During a nine minute hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday morning, Mr Amaaz denied two counts of causing actual bodily harm; one count of assaulting an emergency worker; and one of common assault. Muhammad Amaad, 25, also from Rochdale, pleaded not guilty to one count of causing actual bodily harm.

The pair are now set to go on trial in June.

Mohammed Amaaz, of Tarnside Close in Rochdale, denies assaulting Abdulkareem Hamzah Abbas Ismaeil, a member of the public, by beating him on July 23, 2024.

He also denied assaulting PC Zachary Marsden, causing actual bodily harm, on the same date.

He denied assaulting a second police officer, PC Lydia Ward, causing actual bodily harm, on the same date. A fourth charge against him, which he denied, alleges that assaulted an emergency worker, PC Ellie Cook, by beating.

His co defendant Muhammad Amaad, also of Tarnside Close in Rochdale, faces a single charge, namely that he assaulted PC Zachary Marsden, occasioning actual bodily harm, on July 23.

The defendants appeared before the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool, Andrew Menary KC, for a plea hearing. He told them: “Muhammad Amaad and Mohammed Amaaz, I am going to adjourn this matter for trial. Your trial will take place on June 30 this year.

“I will renew your bail on the same terms as before. You are