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Two men charged with assaulting police officers after the Manchester Airport brawl

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Fri 20-Dec-24 12:42:20

Good. I should think so too - no matter what his duplicitous solicitor tried to tell us on a televised appearance!
Sentencing mid January.

love0c Sat 30-May-26 08:04:37

Am I surprised at the decision? To be perfectly honest, I am not really sure. I do think the public needs to be made aware of how and why this decision was made in the end. We have so much division now in this country. I for one do not want anymore. I worry for my children and grandchildren a the state this country is being allowed to get in.

Wyllow3 Sat 30-May-26 10:55:04

Now that's a nasty dig, Allsorts.

And most certainly not the case.

I had had a lot of help twice over the last 4 years from the police firstly for coercive abuse from my ex husband where language and threats were extremely violent, 2022, and actual sexual assault last October '25. And I watch a lot of police reality stuff showing the violence they contend with particularly at night, including seeing how they deal with violence and restraint.

My actual view on what happened is of a slow build up at the airport dealt with badly at the onset, and ending in a situation where both the police and the alleged offenders "*lost it*".

A jury would have been looking in minute detail at the sequence of events and who did what

and was the kicking actually necessary (as in the case of the recent kicking which was done because the suspect may have had a bomb in his rucksack)

and I am being totally honest when I say I would have accepted a jury decision either way.

But some posters on this thread have gone in heavily on the idea that they were let off somehow because of their race

and that the Juries were rigged in some way

and there have been many intimations that show a real degree of racism in my opinion,

And a level of ignorance as in upthread "they should be deported" without checking first these were British Citizens

And that is what I have taken issue with

twaddle Sat 30-May-26 12:49:22

love0c

Am I surprised at the decision? To be perfectly honest, I am not really sure. I do think the public needs to be made aware of how and why this decision was made in the end. We have so much division now in this country. I for one do not want anymore. I worry for my children and grandchildren a the state this country is being allowed to get in.

You shouldn't be worried!! I really don't know what state you think the country is in.

The decision was made by a jury, which is made up of "ordinary people", because the evidence was not clear that the older brother had assaulted a police officer. The available videos do not show what happened.

People seem to be confusing the different charges. The younger brother has already been found guilty and will be sentenced soon.

twaddle Sat 30-May-26 12:51:00

Allsorts

Wyllow3, I do hope you are never on a jury.
There is no justification for violence, to excuse it because of race or gender is discriminatory.

What an outrageous thing to write!

Juries are supposed to consider evidence, which is what Wyllow has done, not go with the flow of a baying social media mob.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 30-May-26 13:01:26

Two juries in two trials couldn’t reach an unanimous decision, so the CPS have decided to not have a third trial.

Not a not guilty verdict, imagine how the WPC feels, she had her nose broken by these two thugs…

Casdon Sat 30-May-26 13:43:46

I would think it’s extremely unusual for two juries to fail to reach a verdict on the basis of exactly the same evidence, I don’t know how there could be a subsequent resolution by jury after that. Perhaps there should be a different process developed - I don’t know what though.

Jaxjacky Sat 30-May-26 14:27:10

GG13 Amaaz was convicted of actual bodily harm, remanded in custody awaiting sentencing, on both female police officers.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 30-May-26 14:46:47

Jaxjacky

GG13 Amaaz was convicted of actual bodily harm, remanded in custody awaiting sentencing, on both female police officers.

Thanks for the info 👍