Decision to charge two brothers six months after Manchester Airport brawl is 'long overdue', Nigel Farage says - while family of the suspects say they 'feel betrayed' as cops are cleared
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Nigel Farage has called the decision to charge two brothers six months after a brawl at Manchester Airport 'long overdue' - as the pair's family criticised the decision not to pursue a prosecution against one of the police officers caught up in the incident.
![[Mohammed Amaaz, 20, (left) with his brother Muhammed Amaad, 25, (right) and their lawyer (pictured centre)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/12/93351775-14213613-image-m-48_1734697438212.jpg)
Protests erupted in July after videos of the incident shared online showed an officer kicking 20-year-old Mohammed Amaaz during an attempted arrest of him and his 25-year-old brother Muhammed Amaad. But dramatic CCTV footage later emerged showing that the three officers had been attacked, leaving a WPC with a broken nose and another officer slumped on the floor.
![[Nigel Farage threatened to launch a private prosecution against the brothers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93357683-14214243-image-m-4_1734708899562.jpg)
Last month, with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apparently no closer to announcing charges against the brothers, Nigel Farage hired two solicitors to bring a case against them. He contrasted prosecutors' slow progress with bringing charges against the pair with the ultra-fast prosecution of far-right figures 'who said unpleasant things on social media' and suggested this was evidence of a 'two-tier' justice system.
![[Mohammed Amaaz pictured near to his home in Rochdale]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/14/93355065-14213613-image-a-25_1734704362450.jpg)
Now the CPS has said the two men have been charged with assaults on police officers on July 23 and that none of the police officers will face charges. Mohammed Amaaz is charged with two offences of causing actual bodily harm, one charge of assaulting an emergency worker and one charge of common assault, while Muhammed Amaad, 25, is charged with causing actual bodily harm.
![[Brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammed Amaad, 25, have been charged with assaults on police officers at Manchester Airport on July 23 - pictured is Terminal 3]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/93350749-14213613-image-a-13_1734694908874.jpg)
