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Farage To Mount Private Prosecution

Four months after furore, with no sign of any CPS action... Nigel Farage mounts private prosecution against brothers over brutal attack on airport row policeNigel Farage is to mount a private prosecution against the youths involved in a brawl at Manchester Airport that led to protests about 'police brutality'.The Reform UK leader is expected to announce the move tomorrow to highlight what he regards as a 'two-tier justice system', in which Right-wing activists are singled out by the courts for harsher treatment.The furore erupted in July after partial videos of the incident shared online showed an officer kicking 19-year-old Fahir Muhammed Amas during an attempted arrest of him and his brother Amaad.Tensions were raised further when their lawyer Akhmed Yakoob claimed the fracas had been an 'attempted assassination', triggering anti-police protests in the brothers' home town of Rochdale.But dramatic CCTV footage then revealed the three police officers had been viciously attacked, leaving a WPC with a broken nose and another officer slumped on the floor just before the Fahir incident.Four months later, with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apparently no closer to announcing charges against the brothers, Mr Farage has hired two solicitors to bring a case against them.https://mol.im/a/14091211

Sue Hammond ● 39d5 Comments

Not mine.

Sue Hammond ● 6d

Under English Law they're innocent until proven guilty. Not my problem. 

Michael Ixer ● 6d

@MichaelNo I didn't forget to add alleged, it was deliberate. The full video footage which was posted after the heavily redacted version which was initially uploaded by the family, clearly shows the whole incident. This clear evidence is what the CPS has based its decision on today. If the evidence is good enough for them, it's surely good enough for me.😺When it becomes a legal requirement to use the word alleged in all cases, I will of course comply.

Sue Hammond ● 6d

Sue. They haven't been convicted yet so you missed the "alleged" before your accusation. Why is that important? It's possibly that when the Online Safety Act comes into effect next year that sites such as this forum may decide to close as they don't have the resources to moderate its content if people are careless about what they say. Some sites are already announcing their plans to close (the isn't the best article about this but unlike the Telegraph's and New Scientist's it's not behind paywall): https://m.slashdot.org/story/436559

Michael Ixer ● 6d

Two brothers have been charged with assault following a brawl at Manchester Airport in July seen on footage that sparked protests against police. Greater Manchester Police later suspended an officer from all duties after a 'thorough review of further information' of the incident.But now the CPS has said two men, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammed Amaad, 25, have been charged with assaults on police officers on July 23. And no police officers will face charges, the CPS confirmed.  Mohammed Amaaz, 20, is charged with two offences of causing actual bodily harm, one charge of assaulting an emergency worker and one charge of common assault.Muhammed Amaad, 25, is charged with causing actual bodily harm.The two defendants will appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on January 16, 2025.Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Stephen Watson said he welcomed the decision from the Crown Prosecution Service today.He said in a statement: 'I welcome today's decisions from the Crown Prosecution Service to charge two men with assaults on our officers and a member of the public at Manchester Airport earlier this year.'I also welcome their decision to take no further criminal action against serving officers.'There can be no doubt that it was Reform's intervention that brought these lowlifes to justice at last!Will Khan who publicly defended these criminals, now publicly apologise to the officers that he condemned?

Sue Hammond ● 6d